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Or 6365

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032-003375777
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Or 6365
Title:
Collection of philosophical writings
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
292 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_6365 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1595
Date Range:
1400-1595
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Raffalovich & Lifkin
Versor, Johannes, 1400-1485
Versor, Johannes, 1400-1485
Ya῾aḳov ben Shem Ṭov Anbiṭo (?)
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 6365

Collection of philosophical writings

Contents

Philosophical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-246v
Title: She᾿elot ῾al Ha-shema῾ ha-tiv῾i shel Aristo
Title: שאלות על השמע הטבעי של אריסטו

In the Hebrew translation of ῾Eli ben Yosef Ḥabillo. The second part begins on folio 56r, the third on folio 118v, the fourth on folio 137v, the fifth on folio 173r, the sixth on folio 187v, the seventh on folio 205v, the eigth on folio 217r.

Author: Versor, Johannes וירשוריו
Colophon: נשלם כתיבת זה המאמר הרביעי יום רביעי ולחדשים מניסן רביעי ולפרט היצירה ששה עם עשר רביעי על [...] יצירה. f. 172v
ff. 247v-292v
Title: She᾿elot ῾al ha-haṿayah veha-hefsed shel Aristo
Title: שאלות על ההויה וההפסד של אריסטו
Author: Versor, Johannes וירשוריו

The Hebrew translation of Versor's Quaestiones on Aristotle's 'De Generatione et Corruptione' by ῾Eli ben Yosef Ḥabillo.

The second part begins on folio 274r.

Colophon: השלמתי זה הספר לעצמי אני הצעיר יעקב ב"ר שם טוב אינביטו זלה"ה פה בפאס יע"א. יום ב' ד' למנחם משנת חמשת אלפים ושלש מאות וה' וחמשים ליצירה. f. 292v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th to 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 292 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

292 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 12 leaves each, marked on the first page.

Condition

Corrosive ink.

Severe water and damp damage.

Tidemarks and stains. Paper foxing in margins.

Incomplete at the beginning.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 22 30

Written lines: 22 30

Uniform layout.

Titles and inital words in larger characters.

Horizontal catchwords on every verso.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive scripts of the 15th to 16th century. Ya῾aḳov ben Shem Ṭov Anbiṭo (?), responsible for the last section of the manuscript: inscribed, folio 292v.

Additions:

Folio 247r: riddles.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Johannes Versor. Opera Philosophica. Translated By Eli Habillo. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 6365.'

History

Origin: 1400-1595 Morocco (Fez)

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the British Museum from Raffalovich & Lifkin on 15 April 1902: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_6365 (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. 889.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL