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Or 9628

Record Id:
032-003381983
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9628
Title:
Malkhe ḳedem by Joshua Segre
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
11 folios (iii+11+xiii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9628 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1745
End Date:
1746
Date Range:
1745-1746
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Isaiah Sonne
Segre, Joshua, 1708-1797
Segre, Joshua, 1708-1797
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9628

Malkhe ḳedem by Joshua Segre

Contents

A versified history of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-11v
Author: סגרי, יהושע Segre, Joshua, -1797
Title: מלכי קדם : תולדות מלכי יהודה וישראל עד בר כוכבא
Title: Malkhe ḳedem: Toldot malkhe Yehudah ṿe-Yiśraʼel ʿad Bar Kokhva

Title page on f. 1r: מלכי קדם - בו כל המלכים אשר מלכו על ישראל מעשה ידי הצעיר יהושע סגרי ותשורה אין להקריב על המזבח הטהור של המשכיל כמה' לוליאני פאנו יצ"ו.

At the end of the poem, the author's name is given as an acronym (f. 11v).

Autograph.

Colophon: סקאנדיאנו יום צום אסתר המוקדם התק"ו סדר ואתה תצוה - ומדרתו יהושע סגרי f. 2v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: fleur-de-lis and the letters RRR underneath (e.g. ff. 5, 8).
Extent: 11 folios (iii+11+xiii)
Dimensions (leaf): 171 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 114 × 50 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 1v are blank.

Collation

Indeterminable due to tight binding.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Uniform layout.

Names of the kings are in the margins.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th century, vocalised.

Decoration

Additions:

Paper slip with note glued on front flyleaf (ii)r: 'Segre Jehosua Malqe Kedem Scandiano 1746.'

Paper slip with a note glued onto front flyleaf (iii)r describing the content of the volume and its dedication to Luliani Fano. It gives some bibliographical references too.

Back flyleaf (i)r: calculation in ink.

Binding

BM in-house, black cloth binding.

Title on spine: 'J. B. Segré. Malkhe Ḳedem. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9628.'

History

Origin: 1745-1746 Italy (Scandiano)

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought of Dr. I. Sonne. 31 August, 1925; I. Sonne is probably identical with Isaiah Sonne (1877-1960). Date of accession 15 October 1925.

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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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9628 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 4 vols), vol. IV, p. 159.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL