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Or 10713

Record Id:
032-003395006
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032-003395006
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10713
Title:
Collection of historical writings of Elijah Capsali
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
330 folios (i+330+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10713 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Capsali, Elijah, d c 1555
Capsali, Elijah, d c 1555
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10713

Collection of historical writings of Elijah Capsali

Contents

Various historical writings of Elijah Capsali.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-213v
Author: קפשלי, אליהו בן אלקנה Capsali, Elijah ben Elkanah, -approximately 1555
Title: סדר אליהו זוטא
Title: Seder Eliyahu Zuṭa

Lacunae after ff. 5 and 6.

Cf. London, BL, Add MS 19971, ff. 2r-343v.

Colophon:
ff. 213v-263r
Author: קפשלי, אליהו בן אלקנה Capsali, Elijah ben Elkanah, -approximately 1555
Title: כח ה’
Title: Koaḥ H.

Cf. London, BL, Add MS 19971, ff. 292v-336v.

Colophon:
ff. 264r-268v
Author: קפשלי, אליהו בן אלקנה Capsali, Elijah ben Elkanah, -approximately 1555
Title: קינה על פטרית שאול הכהן
Title: Ḳinah ʿal Peṭirat Shaʾul ha-Kohen

Commemorating the death of Shaul ben Mosheh ha-Kohen.

F. 268r: ויהי היום כ"ה לאלול שנת עזר"ה בצרות ... אנכי הצעיר ... אליהו קפשאלי הקטין בן ... אלקנה יצ"ו לכתוב את אגרת הדברים האלה על מתכונתם ... אפס הוספתי עליהם לספר קצת מספורי מלכות ויניצייאה ורוזניה

Cf. London, BL, Add MS 19971, ff. 337r-343v.

Colophon:
ff. 268v-329r
Author: קפשלי, אליהו בן אלקנה Capsali, Elijah ben Elkanah, -approximately 1555
Title: קצת מספורי מלכות ויניציאה
Title: Ḳetsat mi-sipure malkhut Ṿenetsyah
Incipit: ועתה נחל לספר ראשית התחלת בניין ויניצייאה והרוזנים

Cf. London, BL, Add MS 19971, ff. 344r-429v.

Colophon:

References

Porgès, N. 'Elie Capsali et sa Chronique de Venise' Revue des Études Juives 77 (1923), pp. 20-40, 78 (1924), pp. 15-34, 79 (1924), pp. 28-60.
Corazzol, Giacomo, 'On the sources of Elijah Capsali's Chronicle of the 'Kings' of Venice', Mediterranean Historical Review 27, no. 2 (2012), pp. 151-160.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 330 folios (i+330+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 148 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160/165 × 105/110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink; f. 1= f. ד.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Water damage, usage stains, worm damage.

Numerous leaves have been fixed (silk gauze, guards).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Section headings are in larger, semi-cursive script.

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi cursive and semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Additions:

F. 7r: deletions.

Calculations in Eastern Arabic numerals in pencil on f. 330v.

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Elijah Capsali. History of the Ottoman Empire. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10713'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

F. 329r: notes in Hebrew dated 5534 (1673/4) (death records?).

Ownership inscription on f. 330v: הצעיר יוסף ן' יעיש

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 926; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

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_10713 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    סדר אליהו זוטא, בעריכת א’ שמואלביץ, ש’ סימונסון ומ’ בניהו, כרך ב, ירושלים תשל"ז, עמ’ 111-201.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL