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Or 10579

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Or 10579
Title:
Psalterium Davidis az az Magiar Soltár
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
183 folios (i+183)
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Languages:
Hungarian
Latin
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Latin
Start Date:
1704
End Date:
1704
Date Range:
1704
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Péchi, Simon, c 1575-1642
Péchi, Simon, c 1575-1642
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Or 10579

Psalterium Davidis az az Magiar Soltár

Contents

Book of Psalms translated into Hungarian by Simon Péchi.

Language(s): Hungarian, Latin

ff. 1r-153v
Title: Psalterium Davidis az az Magiar Soltár

Hungarian translation of Psalms. Translated by the Sabbatarian Péchi Simon (1575?-1642?).

Title on f. 1r: 'Psalterium Davidis az az Magiar Soltár'.

Name of th scribe Petrus Magyari is written in a different ink.

Ff. 150v-153v: index.

Colophon: Manus suprema operi imposita 20 Augusti An.d. 1704. ... Ernje; horā Diurnā circitēr Duodecimā. Per Petrum Magyari. f. 150r
ff. 154r-183v
Title: Más egy-néhány szép Soltárok

Hungarian translation of Psalms. Translated by Péchi Simon (1575?-1642?).

Title on f. 1r: 'Keovetkeznek Más egy-néhány szép Soltárok'.

Contains Psalms 123, 128, 130, 12, 79, 51, 37, 74, 125, 71 and 'other songs' ('Más ének'-ek).

Ff. 183r-183v: index; partially legible, because paper slips glued onto the leaf for reinforcement(?) are concealing some of the text.

Colophon: '... Deo p.t. Re... ... 16 Cal. Octobr... ... Anno...' Most of the colophon is covered by a paper slip glued onto the page. f. 183v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 127, 129).
Extent: 183 folios (i+183)
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 155 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel pagination in ink by the scribe up to page 304= f. 153v; pagination restarts from f. 154r

Collation

Indeterminable due to the fragile state of the volume.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Collation is falling apart, many loose leaves.

Usage stains, water damage, worm damage, dirt.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Section headings in larger, mostly capital letters.

Narrow margins.

Hand(s)

Latin (Hungarian) cursive script of the 17th-18th century; in brown ink. Scribe: Petrus (Péter) Magyari.

Decoration

Decorated initials at the beginning of each psalm; in ink.

Additions:

Front pastedown: correspondence of Jewish and Christian months.

Front flyleaf (i): description of the Jewish festivals and their occurrence in the Jewish calendar. Dated to 23 August 1707.

Binding

Brown leather binding; with a strap. Boxed.

Accompanying Material

Small loose paper slip in the volume with Ashkenazi Hebrew cursive and square script with magical text: שדי קרע שטן.

History

Origin: 1704 Romania (Transylvania) or Hungary

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1364; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 1 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_10579 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Péchi Simon Psalteriuma. Közzéteszi Szilády Áron (Budapest, 1913).
    Péchi Simon szombatos imádságos könyve. Közzéteszik Dr. Guttmann M. és Dr. Harmos Sándor. Kiadja az Izr. Magyar Irodalmi Társulat. (Budapest, 1914).

Funding of Cataloguing

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