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Add MS 27179

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032-003381858
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Add MS 27179
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
80 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Latin
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Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1340
End Date:
1341
Date Range:
1340-1341
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Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Giuseppe Almanzi
Hippolite of Ferrara
Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel ben Judah, 1150-1230
Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel ben Judah, 1150-1230
Kimhi, David ben Joseph, 1159-1236
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir, 1286-1328
Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir, 1286-1328
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Add MS 27179

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of commentaries and philosophical works.

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian, Latin

ff. 2r-16r
Title: רוח חן
Title: Ruaḥ ḥen
Incipit: באויר והתפרהסו משם והמופת על זה האפר הנשאר מן העצים אחר

Sometimes attributed to Jacob ben Abba Mari Anatoli. In this MS ascribed by a later hand to Samuel [ben Judah ibn Tibbon].

Marginal notes in Latin and in Hebrew (e.g. ff. 2r, 2v, 3r, 12v).

ff. 16r-25v
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון
Title: פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (פרק חלק)
Title: Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Pereḳ ḥelek)
Incipit: פרק חלק - כל ישראל יש להם חלק לעולם הבא שנ' ועמך כולם צדיקים

Marginal notes in Hebrew.

ff. 26r-35r
Author: משה בן מימון Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Title: אגרת תחית המתים
Title: ʾIgeret teḥiyat ha-metim
Incipit: עניין תחית המתים

Translated by Shmuel ibn Tibbon.

Marginal note in Latin on f. 31v.

Some parts of the text have been erased on f. 26r.

ff. 35r-50v
Author: Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir, 1286- קלונימוס בן קלונימוס
Title: משרת משה
Title: Mesharet Mosheh
Incipit: ספר משרת משה - כבוד להים הסתר דבר וכבוד מלכים חקור דבר: שלמה

A defence of the doctrines of Maimonides.

A few corrections in the margin.

ff. 51r-61v
Author: Kimhi, David, 1160-1235 קמחי, דוד בן יוסף
Title: פרוש מעשה בראשית לרד"ק
Title: Perush maʿaśeh Bereshit le-Radaḳ
Incipit: לחכם המפרש ר' דוד קמחי וזה לשונו - קיבלתי מן החכם הגדול נר"ו שחכמי המחקר מורים לדברי חכמינו ע"ה

Commentary on Genesis.

Marginal notes in Hebrew.

ff. 61v-70v
Author: Kimhi, David, 1160-1235 קמחי, דוד בן יוסף
Title: פרוש מעשה המרכבה לרד"ק
Title: Perush Maʿaṣeh ha-Merkavah le-Radaḳ
Incipit: מעשה המרכבה המ' הנראית לנביא במראה הנבואה

Commentary on Ezekiel.

A few corrections in the margin.

ff. 71r-78r
Author: אברהם בן אלכסנדר מקולוניא Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, active 13th century
Title: כתר שם טוב
Title: Keter shem ṭov
Incipit: זה ספר כתר שם טוב פירוש השם הנכבד

In this MS, it is ascribed to Judah ben Aḳsalḳo of Cologne.

ff. 78v-80r
Title: משפט שבעה האקלימים
Title: Mishpaṭ shevʿah ha-aḳlimim
Incipit: משפט שבעה האיקלימים כלומר

A short description of the seven zones or climates, and explanations of philosophical terms in Judeo-Italian.

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 80 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 231 × 159 mm.
Dimensions (written): 153 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 1v and 80v are blank.

Collation

8 quires of 10 leaves.

Catchword at the end of the quires.

Signatures in Hebrew characters at the end and beginning of the quires.

Condition

Usage stains, slight worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.

Ruling in hard point and pricking are visible.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 14th century.

Additions:

Content of the manuscript

Binding

BM in-house, black, half bound.

Title on spine: 'Ruach Chen etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,179.'

History

Origin: 1340-1341 Italy?

Provenance and Acquisition

Erased ownership inscription on f 1r: יהושע מפארוי(?) יצ"ו

Purchase note written twice on f. 1r: כ... קניין כספי שלמה יצ"ו בכמ"ר דוד ישר"ו ממונציליצי נקרא טורקיטו ממשפחת הגליגי(?); לה' הארן ומלאה - קניין כספי שלמה חיים יצ"ו בכמ"ר דוד ישר"ו ממונציליצי נקרא טורקיטו ממשפחת הגליגי

Censors' signatures on f. 80r by Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?): inscribed with his name 'Fra Hipp[olitus] Ferr[araens]is vidit 1601'; Giovanni Domenico Vistorini, censor: inscribed 'Gio[vanni] Dom[eni]co Vistorini'.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 289; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153: inscribed with his name on back flyleaf (ii)v; date of accession March 1868: inscribed on back flyleaf (ii)v.

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).

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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), IV, p. 152.

Funding of Cataloguing

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