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Or 9166
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- Title:
- Yitsḥak Shabetai Urbino's writings
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 73 folios(i+73+ii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
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Or 9166
Yitsḥak Shabetai Urbino's writings
Contents
Letters, liturgical writings and occasional verses written by Yitsḥak Shabetai Urbino.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1v-73vTitle: אגרוןTitle: IgronTitle on f. 1v: טופס אגרות שירים ותושבחות, קינה וקינות שחיבר מור' מורינו הרב כמוהר"ר יצחק שבתי אורבינו ז"ל אבי: ידידה בנימין אורבינו יצ"ו
F. 2r: "טופס אגרות שכתבתי מדי יום ביום" "ממני הצעיר יצחק אורבינו".
Includes: letters (igerot yedidut), lamentations and eulogies, poems (wedding poems etc.) and a riddle he wrote between the years 5453-5472 (from 1692 to 1712) in the cities "Reggio" and "Pesaro" - his places of residence. Some of the texts were sent to members of his family.
Among the lamentations and eulogies included are: upon the death of Elhanan David Carmi (מוהר"ר אלחנן דוד קרמי זצוק"ל in the year 5453 (in 1692/3) (f. 5v), upon the death of Shimshon Bacchi of Casale (f. 9r), upon the death of Mosheh Galanti (f. 18r), upon the death of Shemuʾel Aboʾab ("כמוהר"ר שמואל אבוהב זצוק"ל") in the year 5454 (in 1693/4) (ff. 25r-26r), upon the death of Shemuʾel Mondolfo ( כמוהר"ר שמואל מונדולפו זצוק"ל") (ff. 44v-48r).
Among the letters included: to "Shelomoh Lusṭro in Padova" (להבחור ... כה"ר שלמה לוסטרו בפאדואה")(ff. 14v, 41v-43r), a letter to his teacher Binyamin ha-Kohen of Reggio ("כמוהר"ר בנימין הכהן") (ff. 22r, 36v), a letter to Yishaʿayah ben Yiśraʾel Ḥizkiyah Basan for his marriage to Yokheved bat Binyamin ha-Kohen Tsedeḳ ("כמהח"ר ישעיה בכמוהר"ר ישראל חזקיה באסאן זצוק"ל לנישואיו עם מ’ יוכבד תמ"א בת הגביר ... כמוהר"ר בנימין הכהן צדק") (ff. 33v-35r), "a letter which I wrote to my teacher Binyamin ha-Kohen of Reggio upon his arrival to Pesaro" ( "אגרת שכתבתי למורי הרב"ך נר"ו בהגיעו לפיסארו") (ff. 44r-44v), a responsum "to the sages of Rome who wrote to the city of Pesaro" ("תשובת אגרת לחכמי רומה שכתבו לעיר פיסארו") (ff. 71r-71v).
Among the poems which are included: a poem for the wedding of Avraham Laṭes ("שיר שעשיתי לכמ’ אברהם לאטיש מקוני" (f. 10r), "a poem I composed on the rejoicing which was customary in Pesaro in the conclusion of the festival's Yom Tov in remembrance of Simhat Bet ha-Shoʿevah" ("שיר שחיברתי על מה שנהגו בעיר פיסארו לשמוח במוצאי י"ט של חג זכר לשמחת בית השואבה") (ff. 48v-49v), a riddle (f. 40v).
In one of the letters he writes that he heard of a great war between France and Spain with innumerable casualties. Also includes two letters regarding emissaries from the land of Israel, the first is regarding the mission of Shimeʿon bar Yaʿaḳov the emissary from "Jerusalem" and "Safed" to "Venice" in the year 5463 (in 1702/3) (ff. 54v-55v). The second is a letter to Avraham Yitzhaki the emissary from Jerusalem (ff. 67r-68r), ends with: "Pesaro the 3rd day of the month Shvat in the aforementioned year (5472)" (in 1711/1712), from "Pesaro to Venice".
Autograph?
Cf. London, BL, Or 9165.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle (e.g. ff. 30, 67).Extent: 73 folios(i+73+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 184 × 138 mm.Dimensions (written): 153 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 1r is blank.
Collation
9 quires: i8+1, ii-ix8.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Text mostly in one column, but there are poems written in two columns in stanzas (e.g. ff. 25v-26r and 42r-43r).
Number of written lines per page varies.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century. Scribe: Yitsḥaḳ Shabetai Urbino (?).
Decoration
Additions:Binding
BM in-house, black cloth binding.
Title on spine: 'Letters, Poems, &c. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9166.'
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Note on the content by Yedidah Binyamin Urbino, son of the author, Yitsḥaḳ Shabetai Urbino (f. 1v).
Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of Dr. H. Rosenberg. 8 July 1922.' Date of accession 14 July 1922.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9166 (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), vol. IV. p. 158.Leveen, Jacob, 'Two Autograph Letters from a MS in the British Museum (Or. 9166)', JQR 19 (1928): 137-143.Funding of Cataloguing
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