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Or 16083

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Or 16083
Title:
Mispar ha-ḥokhmot by Fārābī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
15 folios (ii+15+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16083 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1848
End Date:
1849
Date Range:
1848-1849
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Fārābī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, philosopher, c 870-950
Fārābī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, philosopher, c 870-950
Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Montefiore, Moses, Baronet
Montefiore, Moses, Baronet
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 16083

Mispar ha-ḥokhmot by Fārābī

Contents

Philosophical treatise.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-15v
Author: אלפאראבי, מחמד אבן מחמד, אבו נצר Fārābī
Title: מספר החכמות
Title: Mispar ha-ḥokhmot

Copied for S. D. Luzzatto from a manuscript in the possession of the Ṭreṿish brothers in Padua (see note on front flyleaf (ii)r). The NLI catalogue identifies the manuscript from which it was copied as Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS X 161 sup.

Colophon: נשלם העתקת זה המאמר בל"ז לעומר שנת עד לפרט יתברך העוזר אמן אמן - ואני העתקתיו פה בולוניה שנת פלטנ"י מהאלף הששי תם ת"ל f. 15v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Pre-ruled leaves.
Extent: 15 folios (ii+15+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 143 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 112 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

14 blank, ruled leaves after f. 15; these are part of the collation. Numerous modern blank leaves at the end serving as fillers (these are not displayed in the digital surrogate).

Collation

3 quires including the blank leaves at the end: i8, ii6, iii8.

Numerous blank leaves after f.

Condition

A few usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 29

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 19th century

Binding

Post-1600, dark blue cloth binding.

Inscription on spine: 'Montefiore'; and label 'Montefiore Library MS. 293 Ha No. 207'.

History

Origin: 1848-1849 Italy (Bologna)

Provenance and Acquisition

Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865): belonged to his library; see note on front flyleaf (ii)r: כ"י זה הוא העתק אשר נעשה בשביל רשד"ל ז"ל מתוך גוף בכ"י הנמצא ביד האחים טריויש בפאדובה. עי' מ"ש רשד"ל באוצר נחמד ח"ב עמוד בו סי' 1 .

Solomon Hayyim Halberstam (1832-1900): bibliophile and scholar: belong to his library (see Ha no. 207 on the spine and on the front pastedown).

Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885): belonged to his library; see black oval stamp from Ramsgate, dated 1866/7 on ff. 1r and 15v: בק"ק ראמסגט יע"א התרכז לברי"ע .

Acquired in 2004 from the Montefiore Endowment via Sotheby's.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16083 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Hirschfeld, Hartwig, Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (London 1904), p. 92.
    Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004 (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p. 312, lot 250.

Funding of Cataloguing

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