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Or 9787

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Or 9787
Title:
Taḳanot Ferarah
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 folio
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1554
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1554-1599
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Or 9787

Taḳanot Ferarah

Contents

A copy of the statutes drawn up by the Rabbis of Ferrara on 21st Tamuz 5314.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-1v
Title: תקנות שנתקנו בפירארה בשנת שי"ד
Title: Taḳanot she-nitḳenu be-Ferarah bi-shenat 314

A copy of the taḳanot decreed in Ferrara on 21 Tamuz 5314 (1554).

F. 1r: תקנות שנתקנו בפיררא בוועד חכמי’ ופרנסי העיירות ואכן לא נתפשטו.

F 1r lists eight taḳanot.

F. 1v written by a different hand: a hadran recited at the conclusion of a Talmudic tractate, and a few laws (Halakhot) regarding fast.

Signatures on f. 1v: שמואל הכהן, שלי אברהם פרווינצאל, משה הכהן, יוסף הכהן.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: scales in circle with six-pointed star on top.
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 288 × 198 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single leaf bound in a codex format.

Condition

Usage stains, foxing.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Pen trials on f. 1v.

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Taḳḳanoth of Ferrara. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR. 9787.'.

History

Origin: 1554-1599 2nd half of the 16th century (not before 1554) Italy (Ferrara)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of Luzac &Co. 9 Apr. 1927.'; date of accession 27 April 1927.

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_9787 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 1977, 4 vols), vol. IV, p. 160.
    Finkelstein, Louis, Jewish Self-government in the Middle Ages (New York 1924), pp. 300-306.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL