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Or 12327

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Or 12327
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
9 folios (viii+9+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1849
Date Range:
1800-1849
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Luzzatto, Isaac, 1730-1803
Luzzatto, Isaac, 1730-1803
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 12327

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of miscellaneous texts in Italian and Hebrew.

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

f. 1v
Title: Epitaph for Samuel Isaac

Beginning: 'Pregato ... la traduzione seguente

Commemorating the death of Samuele Isach.

'Passo all' altra vita nel giorno 16 del mese di Ab anno 5603...'

Hebrew with Italian translation.

Colophon:
f. 2v
Title: Psalms 111 and a poem

Beginning: הלליה - אודה ה' בכל לבב.

The poem was composed for ' la rinnovazione del locale Ca' proprieta della Fraterna della Misericordia, è cantato in coro la prima sera che ci si entro.'

Colophon:
ff. 3v-7v
Author: Luzzatto, Isaac, 1730-1803 לוצטו, יצחק
Title: מסכת דרך ארץ
Title: Masekhet Derekh erets

A Purim parody ascribed in the manuscript to 'S. Daniele (villagio nel Triesti)'.

A note - dated 2 July 1807 on f. 3v says that it is a copy of a ms in the possession of a Dr Lampronti.

Ff. 4r-4v: a poem in honor of Solomon ben Joel, author of t he work entitled Tiḳun sofrim. F. 4r: 'Traduzione in ebraico d' un salmo intitolato L'Aleo(?) da me composito in italiano e che trovati nella raccolta ...'

Colophon: ואלו מן ההלכות שאמרו על אחד ההרים תחת השערים ובמושב ... אבל נכתבו לת שוקת המשכיל והנבון היקר והנעחה כמ"ר רפאל בר אשר לוצאטו המכונה בנוגרידו אחיו של רבי ברוך ... f. 7v
f. 8r
Title: Quadro simbolico che pensai fare dipingere

With annotations.

Colophon:
f. 9v
Title: Mizmor
Title: מזמור

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the early 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various paper sheets. Larger type has watermark of three hats (e.g. f. 4).
Extent: 9 folios (viii+9+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 308/335 × 210/230 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Numerous unfoliated blank leaves within the collation.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Hand(s)

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

Binding

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

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

History

Origin: 1800-1849 1st half of the 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 409; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 March 1928.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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