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Lansdowne MS 694

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040-003314176
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Lansdowne MS 694
Title:
A short Hebrew Grammar in Latin
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Lansdowne MS 1-1245 : Lansdowne Manuscripts

 

Lansdowne MS 694 : A short Hebrew Grammar in Latin
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032-002060013[0856]/040-003314176
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
16 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Latin
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Names:
William Petty
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Lansdowne MS 694

A short Hebrew Grammar in Latin

Contents

A Hebrew Grammar, in Latin.

Language(s): Latin, Hebrew

ff. 202r-217v
Title: Diḳduḳ ῾ivri
Title: דקדוק עברי

A short Hebrew Grammar in Latin. The main headings are as follows: De Nomine (folio 202v), De Pronomine (folio 203v), De Verbo (folio 204r), Praepositivae Litterae (folio 214r), Subjunctivae Litterae (folio 215r), De Accentibus (folio 216r), De Mutaoe Punctorum (folio 216v). At the end: "Finis. Laus Deo."

The rest of the manuscript contains Arabic and Syriac Grammars, and also Arabic scholia on Psalms 1-26. Hebrew script is largely used in the Syriac portion.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 16 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

16 folios (foliation from left to right).

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21 28

Written lines: 21 28

Uniform layout.

Hard-point ruling.

Hand(s)

Hebrew square and Latin cursive script, of the 17th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Grammatical Tracts. Lansdowne 694.'

History

Origin: 17th century ; Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

1807

William Petty (formerly Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Lansdowne_MS_694 (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), no. 998.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL