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Or 11794
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- Or 11794
- Title:
- Ḥovot ha-levavot by Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 79 folios (i+79+iv)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 11794
Ḥovot ha-levavot by Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda
Contents
An ethical and philosophical treatise.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 3r-79rTitle: חובות הלבבותTitle: Ḥovot ha-levavotIncipit: זה ספר חובת הלבבות אמר המתרגםThe translated from Judeo-Arabic by Yehudah Ibn Tibon.
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 79 folios (i+79+iv)Dimensions (leaf): 265 × 191 mm.Dimensions (written): 205 × 140 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
10 quires of 8 leaves. quire x includes back flyleaf (i).
Catchword at the end of quires; signatures in Arabic numerals in ink in the outer lower corner at the beginning of each quire.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage (esp. f. 1r), worm damage.
Some of the marginal notes have been erased (ff. 63r, 77r, 78v).
Fingerprint on f. 65r.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 44
Written lines: 43 44
Hair and flesh sides are distinguishable.
Ruling is visible.
Section headings in larger characters, in red ink.
Maniculae (e.g. ff. 28r 53v, 62r).
A few marginal notes.
Parchment is of a poorer quality with several imperfections (e.g. ff. 4, 52, 53, 60, 73).
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
Decoration
Decorated initial words in red ink (e.g. ff. 1r, 25r, 51r ).
Marginal illustration in ink (f. 53v).
Blessing at the end (f. 79r) is included into a decorative circle.
Additions:Note in Hebrew and 'loaz' (here it is Judeo-Italian): השבעה פתיחות מדות בלעז שבע פקעי מורטלי אלו הם - הראשון גאוה סופרביאה בלעז, השני כעס אירה בלעז, השלישי כילות אבווריציאה בלעז, הרביעי קנאה אינבידיאה בלעז, החמישי משגל דיסוריאה בלעז, השישי עצלות פיגדיציאה בלעז, השביעי גרגרנות גולאה בלעז. (f. 1r)
Note in Latin on f. 1r: 'Debitu[m] Cordis composi. a Rabi Chija iudice filio Josephi. Amen ...'
Binding
BM in-house binding, half-bound. A fragment from the original binding is stuck onto the back pastedown. It is the coat of arms of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, the Archbishop of Rouen (1654-1707), and the original binding must have been similar to that of [BL] Or 11792 and [BL] Or 11793. Boxed.
Title on spine: 'Ḥōbhōth hal-lebhābhōth. Baḥya ibn Bāḳōdāh. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,794.'
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Latin note by previous owner Joannes Plantavitius de la Pause on f. 2v: 'Dobitum Cordium. liber legalis R. Chija Judicis. Emi Roma 24. Nov. 1610. Plant. Pausanus.'
The MS once belonged to Carol de Pradel, bishop of Montpellier, 1676-1696; see ownership inscription on back flyleaf (iii)r: 'ex libris Biblioteca D. D. Caroli De Pradel ep｢i｣s[co]pi Montp. D. Ev. Ap. 10, 1780, From T.P. by Steph: H. Jun.'
According to the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, it was acquired by gift from the Inter-Allied Book-Centre, April, 1946; date of accession 31 July 1946: inscribed by J. Leeven on back flyleaf (i)r.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11794 (digital images currently unavailable)
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