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Or 11796

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Or 11796
Title:
Luḥot ṿe-ʿevronot
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
93 folios (i+93+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11796 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Colbert, Jacques Nicholas, Archbishop of Carthage, Archbishop of Rouen,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36909612
Colbert, Jacques Nicholas, Archbishop of Carthage, Archbishop of Rouen,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36909612
Plantavy de la Pause, Jean, Bishop of Lodève, 1576-1651
Plantavy de la Pause, Jean, Bishop of Lodève, 1576-1651
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 11796

Luḥot ṿe-ʿevronot

Contents

A series of calendrical and astronomical tables.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2r-93r
Title: לוחות ועברונות
Title: Luḥot ṿe-ʿevronot

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 93 folios (i+93+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 248 × 187 mm.
Dimensions (written): 176 × 107 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Each folio is on a separate guard, original collation cannot be reconstructed.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage.

Liquid damage, especially towards to end, and due to this parts of the text are faded and illegible.

Last several folios are fixed with silk gauze.

Layout

Columns:1 15

Uniform layout.

Ruling and in some places pricking are visible.

Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.

Running title.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Sephardi square, semi-cursive and cursive script; in brown, red, and blue ink.

Decoration

Numerous charts with penwork decoration sometimes inhabited by human figures, baboons, hybrids, in red and mauve ink.

Chart in colours and gold (f. 57v)

Additions:

Ff. 1r-1v: calendar-related notes, lists in Hebrew.

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

Title on spine: 'Astronomical Tables. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,796.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century France, S. or Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchase note by Joannes Plantavitius de la Pause (Pausanus), bishop of Lodeve (b. 1625, d. 1648) on f. 2r: 'Kalendariu｢m｣ Hebr. Emi Romae 24 Nou. 1620. Plantauitius Pausa｢nus｣'.

Remains of the original leather binding with the coat of arms of Jacques Nicolas Colbert (b. 1655, d. 1707), archbishop of Rouen pasted onto the back pastedown.

Acquired by gift from the Inter-Allied Book Centre, April 1946. Date of accession (by J. Leveen) 1 August 1946.

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_11796 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    'Recent Acquisitions of Hebrew Manuscripts', The British Museum Quarterly, 16 (1951/52), 95-96 (p. 96).
    Illumination: Hebrew Treasures from the Vatican and Major British Collections (London: Jewish Museum, 2010), no. 3, p. 20 [exhibition catalogue].

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