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Royal MS 16 A II

Record Id:
040-003376870
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002105724
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ark:/81055/vdc_100044351417.0x000001
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 A II
Title:
The Epistles of St James and St Jude in Hebrew translation
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002105724
040-003376870
Is part of:
Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts

 

Royal MS 16 A II : The Epistles of St James and St Jude in Hebrew translation
Hierarchy:
032-002105724[1932]/040-003376870
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
49 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_16_A_II (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Names:
John Shepreve
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Royal MS 16 A II

The Epistles of St James and St Jude in Hebrew translation

Contents

The Epistles of St James and St Jude in Hebrew translation, with a Latin dedication to king Henry VIII.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1v-49v
Title: Berit ḥadashah
Title: ברית חדשה
ff. 1v-23r
Title: Dedication
Incipit: Invictissimo Angliae Fraciaeque regi, Dno Hyberniae, fidei Catholicae defesori, in terrisque supremo capiti, Herico ejus nois octavo, Joanes Schepreus Foelicitate optat perpetuam. f. 1v
ff. 23r-44r
Title: Epistle of St James
Incipit: מכתב יעקב השליח: אמר יעקב ... לשנים עשר שבטים המפוזרים שלום לכם. f. 23r
ff. 44r-49v
Title: Epistle of St Jude
Incipit: מכתב יהודה השליח: אמר יהודה ... למקדשים באל האב לשמורי ישוע משיח וקרואיו. f. 44r
Explicit: נשלם המכתב יהודה. f. 49v

Physical Description

Paper codex of 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 49 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 102 × 66 mm.
Foliation:

49 folios (+1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10

Written lines: 10

The Hebrew text follows the Latin.

Hand(s)

Latin and square Hebrew script, of 16th century.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600. Brown leather, gold tooled, with initials M.B.

History

Origin: 16th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

John Shepreve (b. 1509?, d. 1542), classical scholar: his dedication to king Henry VIII at the beginning of folio 1v, with no date.

Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

1757

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=Royal_MS_16_A_II (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. 164.

Funding of Cataloguing

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