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Or 9155
- Record Id:
- 032-003380338
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- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048364609.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9155
- Title:
- Collection of responsa
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003380338", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 9155: Collection of responsa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003380338
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 203 folios (ii+203+ii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9155 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1500-1699
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9155
Collection of responsa
Contents
A collection of responsa literature written by various authors.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 3r-31rTitle: פסקים מחכמי איטליה בעניין מחלוקת פינצי-נורציTitle: Pesaḳim me-ḥakhme Iṭalyah be-ʿinyan maḥloḳet Fintsi-NortsiIncipit: פסק מהר"ר סג"ל י"ץ ומהר"ר אברהם מינץ י"ץ להוציא פרנס אשר מעירו והגם כי מהר"י מינץ הנז’ נהפך לאיש אחר לע"ע לסתור דבריו הראשוניםEdited by Ḥiya Meʾir ben Daṿid (חיא מאיר בן דוד).
Decisions of Rabbi Judah Liva of Ferrara and Abraham Minz in the case of the orphan son of a brother of Moses Schwab. Followed by documents bearing upon this case together with responsa by Bendet (Baruch) Achselrad (Mortara reads Acsildar) ben Eliezer Ashkenazi; Ḥiyya ben David Meʾir; Anschel Levi Tsiyon; Moses Bassan da Navarra; Abraham Kohen da Bologna; Judah Leon ben Solomon da Monreale; Israel ben Jehiel Isserlein; Jehiel ben Azriel Trabot; and David Pizzighettone.
These documents cover the period 1511-1519.
References
Steinschneider, Moritz, Catalogus librorum Hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (Berlin, 1852-1860) , pp. 632-633.ff. 32r-33rTitle: שאלות ותשובות מן השמיםTitle: Sheʼelot u-teshuvot min ha-shamayimIncipit: "השאלות ששאל החכם הר’ יעקב מיאורש והתשובות אשר נאצלו לו"ff. 33v-36rTitle: חיי עולם (ספר היראה)Title: Ḥayye ʿolam (Sefer ha-Yirʾah)Incipit: בשם אלקי עולם - מתחיל לכתוב חיי עולםA tract on religious conduct, attributed by L. Zunz to Isaac he-Ḥasid.
References
ב’ ריצ’לר, על כתבי-היד של "ספר היראה" המיוחס לרבי יונה גירונדי, עלי ספר, ח (תש"מ), עמ’ 51-59י"מ תא-שמע, חסידות אשכנז בספרד: רבינו יונה גירונדי - האיש ופועלו, גלות אחר גולה ספר היובל לכבוד ח’ ביינארט, ירושלים תשמ"ח, עמ’ 169 ואילךff. 36r-55rTitle: פרוש ספר האורהTitle: Sefer ha-orahIncipit: בעזרת השם הגדול הגבור והנורא מתחיל לכתוב ספר האורה אשר חבר הרב הגדול מרנא ורבנא מאור הגולה רבינו שלמה הצרפתי בן כבוד הרב יצחקDecisions attributed to Rashi, but containing at the end matter certainly not written by him.
ff. 56r-203vTitle: שאלות ותשובות ופסקיםTitle: Sheʿelot u-teshuvot u-fesaḳimIncipit: אמרתי הנה ... במגילת ספר לספירת דברים להשי.. אמרים אמת בלבבי לב נשבר ונדבי אלקים לא ... אשר ישים אלקים במי ואותו אדברMarginal note on f. 201v mentions Josef Azulai (הצעיר יוספ אזולאי ס"ט).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th-17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, three hats (e.g. ff. 9, 31).Extent: 203 folios (ii+203+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 284 × 202 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Ff. 31v are blank.
Collation
Catchword on most pages.
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains.
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Number of written lines per page varies.
Ruling is visible.
Very tidy handwriting; justified left margins.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 16th-17th century.
The first 21 and half lines on f. 34r seem to be written by a different hand.
Decoration
Additions:Italian note above the ownership inscription on front flyleaf (ii)v (perhaps by the same hand?): 'E Non voglio conced[...] M'
Note in Italian on f. 1r: 'E conveniente il non parlare p[er] ogni conto molto piu per il non fare che molto maggiore'.
Binding
BM in-house binding.
Title on spine: 'Decisions & Responsa. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9155.'
History
Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions: 'Marco de Josef Moise Vita Consolo' (front flyleaf (ii)v);
Note in Italian on f. 2r: 'Se questo libro mai se perdesso e il nome del padrone non sapere che lo trova che il rende'; a note in smaller characters on the same page: 'SenogagCesaro(?) Orbino Napoli'
Acquistion note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of Dr. H. Rosenberg. 8 July. 1922.'; date of accession 17 July 1922.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Supplementary volume of G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 4 vols).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9155 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Margoliouth, G. Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 4 vols), vol. IV, pp. 156-157.Funding of Cataloguing
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