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Or 16088
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- Or 16088
- Title:
- Biṭul ʿiḳare ha-Notsrim by Ḥasdai Crescas
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 8 folios (i+8+ii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1874
- End Date:
- 1875
- Date Range:
- 1874-1875
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- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Or 16088
Biṭul ʿiḳare ha-Notsrim by Ḥasdai Crescas
Contents
A philosophical-polemical treatise on the principles of the Christians.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-8vTitle: בטול עקרי הנוצריםTitle: Biṭul ʿiḳare ha-NotsrimA refutation of the principles of the Christians composed by Ḥasdai Crescas in Catalan in 1397-1398. The work was translated by Joseph ben Shem Tov with additions by the translator inserted into the text.
Copied for Solomon Halberstam from a manuscript formerly in the library of the Jüdisch-Theologisches Seminar of Wrocław (Breslau), MS 59. This manuscript was stolen by the Nazis during WWII and has disappeared. The text of the Breslau manuscript was preserved only in this copy and in one prepared by Z. Poznanski in the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem, MS oct. 760.
Note by Solomon Halberstam(?) on f. 1r: כ"י זה העתיק ידידי החכם ד"ר לעווין נ"י רב בעיר קאשמין מתוך כ"י 59 של הסעמינאר בברעסלויא ושלחו לי בתחילת חודש אדר ראשון תרל"ה.
Colophon:References
Crescas, Hasdai, The refutation of the Christian principles; translated with an introduction and notes by Daniel J. Lasker. Albany: State University of New York, c1992.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 8 folios (i+8+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 209 × 169 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, slight foxing.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 32
Written lines: 32
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the 19th century. Scribe: Dr Lehmann (or Leman), the rabbi of Koschmin.
Binding
Post-1600. Boxed.
Title on front cover: 'בטול עקרי הנוצרים'. Added label on front cover: 'Montefiore Library MS. 287 Ha No. 362'
History
Origin: 1874-1875Provenance and Acquisition
Solomon Hayyim Halberstam (1832-1900): bibliophile and scholar: belong to his library (see Ha no. 362 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. 1v, 8v and back flyleaf (i)r: "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 the sale catalogue Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16088 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Hirschfeld, Hartwig, Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library. (London 1904), p. 91.Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004. (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p. 309, lot 244.Funding of Cataloguing
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