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Or 10538
- Record Id:
- 032-003370132
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10538
- Title:
- Collection of astronomical works
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003370132
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 94 folios (i+94+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10538 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1300-1499
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10538
Collection of astronomical works
Contents
A collection of two astronomical works.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1v-89rTitle: ספר העבורTitle: Sefer ha-ʿiburIncipit: "בית שיני נתקיים ת"ם שנים" f. 1rCharts on ff. 38r, 38v, 54v-55v, 65r-66r,69r-69v, 87r-88v.
F. 87r: chart showing the fourteen 19-year cycles starts with cycle 258 (4884 AM = 1123/24 CE) and ends with cycle 280 (5321 AM = 1560/61 CE).
Same text can be found in Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Neofiti 30.
Diagrams on ff. 6v, 15r, 17r.
References
Sandman, Israel M. 'The Transmission of Sephardic Scientific Works in Italy', in:Texts in Transit in the medieval Mediterranean/ eds. Y. Tzvi Langermann and Robert G. Morrison (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016), pp. 198-221.ff. 90v-93vTitle: סוד הע"ביןTitle: Sod ha-ʿivinIncipit: "עתה אפרש סוד העבין אשר יסד מורי הח"ר יוסף כ"ר יהודה החזן מטרוייש" f. 1rSame text can be found in [BAV] Neofiti 30.
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th-15th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 94 folios (i+94+i)Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 153 mm.Dimensions (written): 143 × 107 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Ff. 1v, 89v, 90r are blank.
Collation
9 quires: i10-1, ii-vi10, vii-viii12.
Catchword at the end of the quires.
Condition
Usage stains.
Most of f. 93a is torn off.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
Pricking and ruling are visible.
Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.
Fff. 83v, 84r: censorial erasures.
Poor quality parchment with holes.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of the 14th-15th century.
Decoration
F. 93v: astrological diagram (about the Zodiac signs).
Additions:Erased notes on front flyleaf (i)v, f. 2r,
F. 1r: fragment of a historiographical text, Sefer Josippon (Book 6, Chapter 65).
F. 94v: astrological fragment on the Zodiac signs and their usage.
Back flyleaf (i)v, upside down: calculation and a note in Latin script.
Binding
Parchment binding, with numerous notes on it, but hardly legible. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century. ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Readers' inscriptions on front flyleaf (i)v: "זה הספר השאילו אלי ר' יהודה בכ"ר משה ז"ל";"זה הספר השאילו אלי ר' נתנאל ב"ב יש"ר ממונטאניי".
Ownership inscription on f. 2r: "אפרים טוסיאו צרפתי".
Ownership inscription on back flyleaf (i)v upside down: "שלי יהודה בר' משה בר נתנאל".
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf (i)v:
Censor's signatures: 'Camillo Jaghel 1613' (f. 92v); 'Dominico Irosolimitano 1600' (f. 93r); 'Ego frater Renatusà Mutina or[din]is Capp[ucino]ru[m] correxi anno 1621' (f. 93v).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1038; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 1 October 1931.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10538 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Sandman, Israel M. 'The Transmission of Sephardic Scientific Works in Italy', in:Texts in Transit in the medieval Mediterranean/ eds. Y. Tzvi Langermann and Robert G. Morrison (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016), pp. 198-221.Funding of Cataloguing
BL