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Harley MS 5239

Record Id:

040-003948063

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-003948063

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100124336763.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100145086442.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5239

Title:

Genesis.

Bereshit

בראשית

Scope & Content:

Language: Hebrew

Genesis, with punctuation and interlinear French translation by Jacques d'Auzoles Lapeyre (author).

Bereshit.

בראשית

Colophon: achevee par Jacques D'Auzolles LapeyreLan de grace 1622. Le XVIII. Decembre. (Fol 152r)

Genesis, with punctuation and interlinear French translation by Jacques d'Auzoles Lapeyre

Colophon : Folio 152r: Achevee par Jacques D'Auzolles Lapeyre Lan de grace 1622. Le XVIII. Decembre

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-003948063

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5239 : Genesis.Bereshitבראשית

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[7873]/040-003948063

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

152 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

French
Hebrew

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1622

End Date:

1622

Date Range:

1622

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Paper codex of 17th century.

152 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 210 x 140 mm. Dimensions (written): 180 x 100 mm.

Format: codex. Material: paper.

Foliation: 152 (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end).

Collation: 18 quires of 8 leaves each and one quire of 6 leaves, nearly all marked with catchwords at the end.

Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 22. Written lines: 22. Uniform layout. Ruling not visible. Text in one column, with interlinear French translation in considerably smaller script. Late 16th century paper with watermark in the shape of grapes (similar to Briquet no. 13219).

Hand note: Hebrew.

Number of hands: 1.

Script: Square Hebrew character, of 17th century.

Binding: Post-1600, Harleian. On the outer side of each cover is the gilded coat of arms of the translator's family with the inscription: "Ozolai. Plus en effect quen aparence."at head. Spine: 'La Genese. Hebr. et Franc. Lapeyre. P. Card. de Lyon. 1622. Mus. Brit. Bib. Harl. 5239. Plut. XXVIIIC. 5239.'

Dimensions [leaf]: 210x140mm

Dimensions [written]: 180x100mm

Paper codex, text written in square Hebrew script of 17th century

Collation: 18 quires of 8 leaves each and one quire of 6 leaves, nearly all marked with catchwords at the end

Script (summary): Square Hebrew character, of 17th century

Layout: Ruling not visible. Text in one column, with interlinear French translation in considerably smaller script

Foliation: 152 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end)

Binding: Post-1600, Harleian. On the outer side of each cover is the gilded coat of arms of the translator's family with the inscription at the head

Accompanying material: 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end

Format: Codex

Material: Chart

Custodial History:

Provenance: On folio [i recto] is the following note: L'an 1637. Le XXVII jour d'Avril le jeudi a quatre heures du soir par les misericordes infinies du bon Dieu Monseigneur l'evesque de Montpellier a receu au giron de la St. Eglise Catholique Apostolique Romaine Monsieur d'Auzoles mon tres cher frere. Lower down, folio 3r: Dedié a Monseigneur Alphonse-Louys du Plesis de Richelieu Cardinal Archevesque de Lyon". A small engraving of Cardinal Richelieu on folio 2v: "La Genese en Hebreu et en francois par la Peyre. A monseigneur l'Archevesque de Lyon.". At the foot of folio 3r: Ex libris Antonii Ducarbon.

Place of origin: France.

Colophon: achevee par Jacques D'Auzolles LapeyreLan de grace 1622. Le XVIII. Decembre. (Fol 152r)

On folio i recto is the following note: L'an 1637. Le XXVII jour d'Avril le jeudi a quatre heures du soir par les misericordes infinies du bon Dieu Monseigneur l'evesque de Montpellier a receu au giron de la St. Eglise Catholique Apostolique Romaine Monsieur d'Auzoles mon tres cher frere. Lower down: Dedié a Monseigneur Alphonse-Louys du Plesis de Richelieu Cardinal Archevesque de Lyon"

A small engraving of Cardinal Richelieu on folio 2v: "La Genese en Hebreu et en francois par la Peyre. A monseigneur l'Archevesque de Lyon."

At the foot of folio 3r: ex libris Ex libris Antonii Ducarbon

Source of Acquisition:

Acquisition: The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (owner) (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (owner) (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (owner) (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (owner) (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Date of origin: 1622.

1753

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library

Administrative Context:

Date of origin: 1622.

Origin: 1622

France

Finding Aids:

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

George MargoliouthCatalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IVIntroduction, Indexesed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), I, no. 111

Publications:

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. 111.

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

Credit: The Polonsky Foundation Catalogue of Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

Credit: The Polonsky Foundation Catalogue of Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts.

Subjects:

Bible Genesis
Torah