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Add MS 26893
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- Add MS 26893
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- Jewish law
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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:
- 222 folios
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- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1300-1399
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 26893
Jewish law
Contents
Summary of Contents: Pesaḳim and Ḥidushim of Isaiah of Trani, the Elder, on the treatises of Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Giṭin, Ḳidushin, and Nidah.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-222vTitle: PesaḳimTitle: פסקיםFiliation: Cf. [BL] Or 1421 (Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 522).ff. 2v-58vTitle: Yevamotff. 58v-119vTitle: Ketubotff. 119v-133vTitle: Nedarimff. 133v-177vTitle: Giṭinff. 177v-202vTitle: Ḳidushinff. 202v-221vTitle: NidahPhysical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentExtent: 222 foliosDimensions (leaf): 295 × 210 mm.Dimensions (written): 240 × 145 mm.Foliation:222 folios (+ 2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end). Folio 1 is a paper flyleaf.
Collation
27 quires of mostly 8 leaves each, marked with catchwords at the end.
Condition
Incomplete at the end.
Blank leaves left after folio 118 and 201 respectively.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 46
Written lines: 46
Uniform layout.
Visible hard-point ruling and pricking.
Last line written outside ruling.
Chapter and section initials given in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of the 14th century.
Additions:Binding
BM in-house.
Spine title: 'Isaiah of Trani. Pesakim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26,893.'
History
Origin: 1300-1399 14th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Shelomoh bar Avraham of Carpi (?) and Yo᾿av Eliyah bar Yo᾿el of Korio (?): inscribed in a contract of sale, dated 18 Tishri [5]223 (1462), signed by Binyamin bar Shelomoh and Ele῾azar bar Avraham Fo᾿ah as witnesses (folio 221v).
Yo᾿av Shemaryah of Korio bar Menahem Emanu᾿el and the heirs of Natan᾿el Norzi, inscribed in a contract of sale, dated 9 April [5]263 (1503), witnessed by Mordekhai Shelomoh Galigo (Galiko?) and Shemu᾿el bar Mordekhai (folio 222r).
A note of sale, dated [5]427 (1667), folio 222r.
Censored by Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1617 (folio 221r); see [Popper_1969] 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.
Censored by Domenico Irosolimitano, Italian censor (active in the last quarter of the 16th and first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1597 (folio 221v); see [Popper_1969] 61, and appendix § 62-74.
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile his manuscript no. 2; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum through Asher & Co. in October 1865 for £1,000 through Adolphus Asher (b. 1800, d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.
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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26893 (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. 521.Bibliography
[BL] BL = British Library shelfmark[Popper_1969] William POPPER. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.[Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).Funding of Cataloguing
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