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Or 8697

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Or 8697
Title:
Tales in Portuguese
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
403 folios (i+403+ii)
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Languages:
Portuguese
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Or 8697

Tales in Portuguese

Contents

A collection of tales.

Language(s): Portuguese

ff. 1r-403v
Title: Tales in Portuguese
Incipit: Vontade de seus Tementes Fara

Tales based on biblical and midrashic stories.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, 'Maid of Dort' with the motto Pro Patria (e.g. ff. 10, 84, 121, 127), lions holding a crowned shield? (e.g. f. 78, 87).
Extent: 403 folios (i+403+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 158 × 99 mm.
Dimensions (written): 110/125 × 68/70 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in ink by the scribes.

F. 109 is followed by f. 109a.

Collation

Indeterminable due to tight binding.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains.

Iron gall ink corrosion.

Small burnt hole on f. 283.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 13 14

Ruling is visible.

Ff. 1r-88v: very neat writing, 14 written lines per page, justified right margins.

Ff. 89r-403v: more cursive script, 13 written lines per page, ruling in pencil is visible.

Hand(s)

Latin semi-cursive and cursive script.

Decoration

Simple ink decoration at the end of sections (e.g. ff. 4v, 6v).

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Jewish Religious Tales. Portuguese. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8697.'

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquistion note on front flyleaf (i)r: 'Bought of Rev. J Gomes de Mesquita, 7 May 1921'; date of accession 16 May 1921.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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