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Or 10784

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Or 10784
Title:
Moledot Yitsḥaḳ by Yitsḥaḳ Ḳatzenelenbogen
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
13 folios (i+13+i)
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Languages:
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Start Date:
1690
End Date:
1690
Date Range:
1690
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Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Katzenelenbogen, Yitshak ben Mosheh, fl 17th century
Katzenelenbogen, Yitshak ben Mosheh, fl 17th century
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Or 10784

Moledot Yitsḥaḳ by Yitsḥaḳ Ḳatzenelenbogen

Contents

A commentary on the calculation of the calendar.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-13v
Author: קצנלנבוגן, יצחק בן משה Ḳatzenelenbogen, Yitsḥaḳ ben Mosheh
Title: מולדות יצחק: "פירוש על עברונות"
Title: Moledot Yitsḥaḳ: "perush ʿal ʿevronot"

Calendrical tables on ff. 8r-10r, 11v, and 12v.

With the haskamot (approbations), similar to the Prague printed version of 1622/1623.

Incomplete at the end.

Colophon: נכתב פה ק"ק ליסא הבירה ז' מנחם ת"ן לפ"ק על ידי הסופר מאיר בן כמוהר"ר בצלאל כף זצ"ל f. 1r

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, a human head? in a circle (e.g. f. 5).
Extent: 13 folios (i+13+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 202 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 163 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

4 quires: i2+1, iii4, iv2.

Catchword on most of the pages.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Number of written lines per page varies.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive and square script of the 17th century.

Decoration

Title page in decorative frame, in ink.

Hand diagram labelled לוח היד on f. 10v, in ink.

Simple ink decorations on ff. 7v, 9r, 9v, 11r, 11v, 12r,

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, black cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '.... 979'.

History

Origin: 1690 Poland (Leszno)

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 1r: זלמן בן לא"א כמ"ר שמעון יצ"ו

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 979; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 18 March 1931.

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_10784 (digital images currently unavailable)

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