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Or 9165

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032-003437117
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Or 9165
Title:
Collection of letters from 17th century
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
184 folios (ii+184+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9165 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Rovigo, Abraham ben Rafael Michael, 1650-1713
Rovigo, Abraham ben Rafael Michael, 1650-1713
Zacuto, Moses ben Mordecai, 1620-1697
Zacuto, Moses ben Mordecai, 1620-1697
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9165

Collection of letters from 17th century

Contents

A collection of letters mainly written between 1670 and 1680 by Italian and German rabbis.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1v-184r
Title: אוסף אגרות
Title: Osef igrot

Front flyleaf (ii)v: description of the content: קובץ זה מאגרות ... לידי פה ליוורנו... .

Most of the letters are addressed to Abraham ben Michael Rafael Rovigo of Modena (e.g. ff. 3v, 37v, 63v, 155v).

The authors of the letters in the order of their occurence are: Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (ff. 1-71, 85-86); Abraham ben Rafael Rovigo of Modena (f. 72-74, 175); Benjamin Kohen, Rabbi at Alessandria and a former pupil of Zacuto (e.g. ff. 75-83, 87); Aaron Simeon Spira of Prague (e.g. f. 88); Angelo Verona, whose letter is in Italian and is written from Jerusalem in 1673 (f. 101); Meir ben Hiya, Rofe (e.g. ff. 103-134); Samson Baḳi (ff. 135-136); Yishac Arobas (f. 139); Abraham Barzilai (ff. 141-143, 147); Samuel ben Abraham Aboab, one of whose letters is in Italian (f. 149), the rest in Hebrew (ff. 150-154); Solomon ben Isaiah Nizza (f. 165); Michael Elisha Malʾakh (f. 171); Hananiah Cases (f. 176); Isaac Berechiah ben Dayan (f. 177); Judah Loeb ben Enoch Zundel of Pfersee who addressed his letter to Israel Basan in Verona (ff. 182-183).

Some are signed as פלוני בר פלוני, a pseudo-name used often in documents (e.g. ff. 90-91).

Cf. London, BL, Or 9166.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex approximately of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 184 folios (ii+184+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 170 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves/bifolios are on guards.

Condition

Worm damage, usage stains, folding lines.

Layout

Columns:1

Given dimensions are those of the flyleaves; size of folios varies.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew and Sefardi cursive and Ashkenazi semi-cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Sefardi cursive script for instance letters by Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto and Ishac Arobas.

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script for instance on ff. 88r-91r, 99v, 148r, 153v, 182r.

Latin cursive script for instance on f. 101.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Letters of Italian Rabbis &c. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9165.'

Accompanying Material

Traces of Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto's seal e.g. on ff. 3v, 5v, 11v, 45v, 65v.

Traces of other seals e.g. on ff. 114v, 122r, 129r, 166v.

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought of Dr. Rosenberg. 8 July 1922.'; date of accession 12 September 1922.

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_9165 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. pp. 157-8.
    Leveen, Jacob, 'Two Autograph Letters from a MS in the British Museum (Or. 9166)', JQR 19 (1928): 137-143.

Funding of Cataloguing

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