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Or 10688
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- Diálogos de amor by Isaac Abravanel
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- Extent:
- 205 folios (i+205+i)
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- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1500-1599
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10688
Diálogos de amor by Isaac Abravanel
Contents
Philosophical work.
Language(s): Spanish, Hebrew
ff. 1r-205vTitle: דיאלוגוש די אמור - קונפואישטוש פור מאישטרי ליאון אברבנילTitle: Diálogos de amor compuestos por maestro León AbarbanelAccording to Nelson Novoa, the langauge is not Ladino, but a 'Castilian at the crossroads between Medieval and Golden Age periods...' (cf. 'An Aljamiado Version', p. 321.).
The translation corresponds to the first printed Spanish translation published in Venice, 1568. This translation is attributed to Gedaliah Yaḥia (see Nelson Novoa, p. 321).
Marginal notes in Hebrew, especially in the beginning.
Incomplete at the end.
References
יהודה אברבנאל, שיחות על האהבה, בתרגום עברי חדש מאיטלקית מאת מ’ דורמן, ירושלים, תשמ"ג, מבוא, עמ’ 120-130. On the identity of the translator, whether he was the author of Shalshelet ha-Kabalah from Italy or Rabbi Gedaliah ben Mosheh Ibn Yahia of Saloniki see A. David, Gedalia Ibn Yahia auteur de Shalshelet Ha Qababalah, REJ. CLIII (1994), p. 132.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 205 folios (i+205+i)Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 163 mm.Dimensions (written): 163 × 115 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
According to the signatures, there are 26 quires but due to tight binding, collation is indeterminable.
Catchword on every verso.
Signatures in Western Arabic numerals from left to right (f. 205v = no. 1; f. 197v = no. 2, etc. ... f. 8v = no. 26).
Condition
Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.Hole in the outer lower corner of f. 192.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 30
Written lines: 30
Uniform layout.
Justified left margins.
Maniculae (e.g. ff. 17r, 83v), some of them seem to be printed? (e.g. ff. 7r, 41r).
Hand(s)
Sefardi cursive script of the 16th century.
Binding
Quarter-bound, marble paper covers. Boxed.
Title on spine: 'Lionis Hebræi Midici Dialogi di Amori'.
Maniculae (e.g. ff. 83v, 156v).
History
Origin: 1500-1599 16th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Old catalogue number(?) on f. 1r: 'VI. I. c. 16'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 498; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 28 June 1926.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10688 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Gaster, M. 'Abravanel's Literary Work' in Isaac Abravanel Six Lectures (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937), p. 72.Nelson Novoa, James W. 'An Aljamiado Version of Judah Abravanel's Dialoghi d'Amore' Materia giudaica 8 (2003), p. 311-326, esp. pp. 320-321.Tahan, Ilana, 'Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection', European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe 43, No. 2, The State of Ladino Studies I (2010), pp. 134-152, esp. pp. 147-148.Guidi, Angela, Amour et Sagesse. Les Dialogues d’amour de Juda Abravanel dans la tradition salomonienne (Leiden: Brill, 2011), p. 38.Funding of Cataloguing
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