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Or 10547

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Or 10547
Title:
Maʿaśeh ḥoshev by Levi ben Gershom
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
118 folios (ii+118+ii)
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Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
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CE
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Names:
Finzi, Mordechai ben Abraham, polymath, c 1407-1474
Finzi, Mordechai ben Abraham, polymath, c 1407-1474
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Levi ben Gershom, philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician and physician, 1288-1344
Yitsḥaḳ ben Daṿid Ṭaṿil
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Or 10547

Maʿaśeh ḥoshev by Levi ben Gershom

Contents

Maʿaśeh ḥoshev by Levi ben Gershom, a mathematical work on arithmetics.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2r-118v
Author: Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344 לוי בן גרשם
Title: מעשה חושב
Title: Maʿaśeh ḥoshev

Notes and commentaries in the margins, mostly in an Italian hand, some of which begin with אמ"פ according to the note at the head of the manuscript it is the initials of Mordekhai Finzi).

Imperfect at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th-15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a crown lion (?) (e.g. ff. 37, 38).
Extent: 118 folios (ii+118+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 143 mm.
Dimensions (written): 133 × 82 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 20 and f. 21.

Collation

Indeterminable due to too tight binding.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains.

Water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.

Even left margins.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 14th-15th century.

Decoration

Numerous diagrams (e.g. ff. 13v, 31v, 48r, 81r, 112v).

Additions:

Conservation note is glued on back front flyleaf (ii)r.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Levi ben Gershom. Maʿaśēh Ḥoshebh. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 10547.'

History

Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions by Mordecai Finzi and Yitsḥaḳ ben Daṿid Ṭaṿil on f. 1r: אמ"פ=אמר מרדכי פינצי;שלי ישחק בר דוד טויל

Ownership inscription on f. 118r: זה הספר נתתי במתנה [...] לבני [...].

Censors' signatures on f. 118v: 'Dominico Irosolimi[ta]no'; 'Aless[and]ro Scipione 1595?'; 'visto per me [fra] Dominico Carretto 1618'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 674; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 September 1929.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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Surrogates

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Bibliography

    Langermann, Zvi Y., 'The Scientific Writings of Mordekhai Finzi' in The Jews and the Sciences in the Middle Ages (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999), IX, p. 39, no. 16.

Funding of Cataloguing

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