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Or 16086
- Record Id:
- 032-003391706
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391706
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100053377579.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16086
- Title:
- A collection of responsa and poetry
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003391706", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16086: A collection of responsa and poetry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003391706
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003391706
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 88 folios (no flyleaves)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16086 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 1800-1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 16086
A collection of responsa and poetry
Contents
A collection of texts written and compiled by Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-16vTitle: זכרון מרדכיTitle: Zikhron MordekhaiResponsa.
F. 1r: הלא כה דברי הצעיר מרדכי שמואל גירונדי ס"ט.
Colophon:References
Salah, Asher, La république des lettres: rabbins, écrivains et médecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siècle (Leiden: Brill, 2007), p. 298.ff. 36r-37vTitle: PoemF. 37r: בראשית - אדם נברא - חומר צורה - הציץ נזרו....
Follows the order of the parashiyot.
Unfinished.
Written upside down in relation to ff. 1-16 and 39-46. Text starts on f. 37r and ends on f. 36v.
Colophon:References
Salah, Asher, La république des lettres: rabbins, écrivains et médecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siècle (Leiden: Brill, 2007), p. 298.f. 38vTitle: Poem for a weddingIncipit: לקול צהלות חתנים נעימים ונחמדים הבחור היקר ר' שלמה סולם עם הבתולהA poem for the wedding of R. Shelomoh Sulam (שלמה סולם) and Raḥel bat R. Rafaʾel Luzaṭi.
Written upside down in relation to ff. 1-16 and 39-46.
Colophon:ff. 39r-46rTitle: מגלת סתריםTitle: Megilat setarimA letter spuriously attributed to Maimonides.
Colophon:ff. 58r-88vTitle: שירים וחרוזיםTitle: Shirim ṿa-ḥaruzimIncipit: ספר קול ששוןFf. 58-88 are running from the other end of the volume, and thus the text is upside down in relation to ff. 1-16 and 39-46.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: lion (e.g. f. 37, 38, 46), countermark 'A S'.Extent: 88 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 174 × 124 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Numerous blank leaves: ff. 1r-3r, 17r-36r, 37v-38r, 46v-57v.
Ff. 58-88 are running from the opposite end of the volume (this is not detectable in the digital surrogate).
Collation
5 quires: i20-2, ii-iii20, iv16, v18-4. Quire i: f. 6 contains two leaves glued together; a leaf is torn out from between ff. 14 and 15. Quire v: f. 70 contains two leaves glued together; f. 58 contains three leaves glued together.
Condition
Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Binding
Post-1600, marble paper covers. Boxed.
Title on spine label: 'שו"ת זכרון מרדכי - קול ששון ורוח קינה.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1800-1852 19th century (not after 1852) Italy (Padua)Provenance and Acquisition
Solomon Hayyim Halberstam (1832-1900): bibliophile and scholar: belong to his library (see Ha no. 288 on the spine and on the front pastedown).
Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885): belonged to his library; see black oval stamp from Ramsgate, dated 1866/7 on ff. 1r and 58r: בק"ק ראמסגט יע"א התרכז לברי"ע .
Acquired in 2004 from the Montefiore Endowment via Sotheby's.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004 (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p.420, lot 361.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16086 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Hirschfeld, Hartwig, Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (London 1904), p. 146.Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004 (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p. 420, lot 361.Funding of Cataloguing
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