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Or 10719

Record Id:
032-003409692
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10719
Title:
Letters
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
14 folios (i+14+vii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10719 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Lazzaro (Lazzarino) Aron Debenedetti
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10719

Letters

Contents

A collection of letters.

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

ff. 1r-11r
Title: Writing exercises
Language(s): Italian

Writing exersices (?) in Italian: 'non mi piace per niente il vostro scrivere', 'ancora non son contento del vostro scrivere', 'meglio per voi se si farete bravo ed instruito Lazzaro Debenedetti', 'se non scrivete bene vi squarcio il libro in facia Lazzaro Aron', 'voglio un garattere compiuto erotondo Lazzaro Debenedetti', 'voglio una scrittura pulita e corretta Lazzaro Aron Debenedetti', etc.

The order of the leaves should be reversed: f. 11 is to be the first and f. 1 the last.

The name Lazzaro (Lazzarino) Aron Debenedetti is mentioned.

Dated 1829/1830 (ff. 6r, 7r).

Colophon:
ff. 12v-14r
Title: Letters in Hebrew and in Italian (in Latin script)
Language(s): Italian, Hebrew

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 14 folios (i+14+vii)
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 156 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 11-2 leaves.

Condition

F. 4 and the fourth blank leaf at the back are loose.

Layout

Columns:1

Ff. 1-11: text runs perpendicular to the spine (they have been rotated in digital surrogate for readability.

Hand(s)

Latin cursive script and Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

Additions:

A to do list and some calculations on back flyleaf (vi)v.

Binding

Post-1600, black buckram binding. In flap case.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '1395'.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1395; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 5 February 1932.

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_10719 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

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