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Add MS 24896
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- Add MS 24896
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- Collection of commentaries
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 422 folios
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1300-1399
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 24896
Collection of commentaries
Contents
A collection of commentaries and notes on the biblical books, except the Pentateuch, by various authors.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-422vTitle: PerushimTitle: פירושיםff. 1r-6rTitle: Commentary on the book of JoshuaFollowed by notes of various authors.
ff. 6v-11rTitle: Comments on JudgesFollowed by notes of various authors.
ff. 11r-27rTitle: Comments on the books of SamuelFollowed by notes from various sources.
The comments on 2Samuel begin on folio 16v.
ff. 27r-40rTitle: Commentary on the books of KingsFollowed by notes from various sources. The comments on 1 Kings 1:1 – 7:14 are by Yeshaʻyah Ṭrani, and only the rest by Benyamin of Rome.
The comments on 2Kings begin on folio 34v.
ff. 80v-129vTitle: Commentary on the book of JeremiahContains author's colophon, with a date of (4)951 (1191), folio 129v.
ff. 129v-193rTitle: Commentary on the book of EzekielFollowed by Rashi's commentary from chapter 40 to the end.
ff. 193v-226vTitle: Commentary on the Minor ProphetsCopied most probably from the copy of Ibn ʿEzraʾ's work made by Yosef of Maudeville.
ff. 226v-239rTitle: Notes on Isaiah from various sourcesff. 239r-242vTitle: Notes on Jeremiah from various sourcesff. 242v-246rTitle: Notes on Ezekiel from various sourcesff. 246r-254rTitle: Notes on the Minor Prophets from various sourcesff. 254r-266vTitle: Commentary on the books of ChroniclesThe comments on 2Chron. begin on folio 260r.
ff. 330r-343vTitle: Commentary on the book of Jobff. 343v-356rTitle: Commentary on the book of ProverbsThe scribe of this piece is probably Yehudah ben Benyamin ben Yo'av, inscribed in the contract of sale at the end of the whole manuscript, folio 419v.
ff. 356r-358rTitle: Commentary on Ruthff. 358r-364rTitle: Commentary on the Song of SongsThis commentary represents the French recension.
Filiation: Cf. the same treatise in George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 239..ff. 364r-380vTitle: Commentary on Ecclesiastesff. 380v-384vTitle: Commentary on Lamentationsff. 384v-388vTitle: Commentary on the book of Estherff. 388v-402rTitle: Commentary on the book of Danielff. 402r-408rTitle: Commentary on Ezra and NehemiahThe comments on Nehemiah begin on folio 404v.
ff. 408r-422vTitle: Collection of notes and separate comments from various sourcesWritten in a different hand than the rest of the manuscript.
Physical Description
Vellum codex, Italian semi-cursive script, unpunctuated, of 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 422 foliosDimensions (leaf): 234 × 165 mm.Dimensions (written): 164 × 125 mm.Foliation:422 folios (+ 5 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.
Quires signed with Hebrew letters at the beginning and at the end, also marked with catchwords at the end.
Running titles in the upper margins, occasionally cut off.
Condition
Defective at the end.
Side margins are too closely cut and some of the marginal notes are not fully preserved.
On folio 422v ink has nearly entirely faded.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 31
Written lines: 31
Hair-side and flesh-side of the folio is discernible.
Visible hard-point ruling.
Some omissions supplied in the margins.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script, unpunctuated, of 14th century.
ff. 408r-422vdue to a different hand.Additions:An index of commentaries from 17th century is given on folio 419v.
A note of purchase of the manuscript, 18th or 19th century, folio 1v.
Binding
Pre-1600, black leather. Boxed.
Spine: 'Bible Commentaries Various Authors. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional Ms. 24896.'
History
Origin: 1300-1399 14th century Italy?Provenance and Acquisition
M. Conti: inscribed in a note of purchase, folio 3r, with a date of 8 January 1836.
Yehudah ben Benyamin ha-Menaḳed ben Yo'av, probably also the scribe: inscribed in a contract of sale, folio 419v. Yehudah bar Benyamin sold the manuscript to Rabi Natan and Rabi Avraham, sons of Rabi Yeḥiel, son of Daniel of Monte Santo, for 15 gold florins.
1864-06-14
Joseph B(...): purchased by the British Museum from him on 14 June 1864: inscribed [423v].
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_24896 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 237.Bibliography
[Friedlander_1967] Michael Friedländer. 'Essays on the Writings of Abraham Ibn Ezra / by M. Friedlaender. [Publications of the Society of Hebrew Literature. 2nd Series ]'. ירושלים: מצחף, 1967.Funding of Cataloguing
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