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Harley MS 5449

Record Id:
040-003948064
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-003948064
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100124336764.0x000001
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100145086599.0x000001
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5449
Title:

Mishle Sendabar.

משלי סנדבר

Scope & Content:

Language: Hebrew

Ethical writing.

Mishle Sendabar

משלי סנדבר

Note: There is a Latin note at the end, folio 65v-66r, copied from the handwriting of Gilbertus Gaulmin, and stating that the latter had translated the work into Latin and added notes. In the Latin account of the manuscript on the front flyleaf [1* verso], it is stated that it was copied from no. 1219 "in Bibliotheca Regis Galliae".

Ethics

Ethical writings

There is a Latin note at the end, folio 65v-66r, copied from the handwriting of Gilbertus Gaulmin, and stating that the latter had translated the work into Latin and added notes

In the Latin account of the manuscript on the front flyleaf [1* verso], it is stated that it was copied from no. 1219 "in Bibliotheca Regis Galliae"

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-003948064
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 5449 : Mishle Sendabar.משלי סנדבר
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[7875]/040-003948064
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
66 folios
Digitised Content:
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:

Paper codex of the 17th century.

66 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 155 x 120 mm. Dimensions (written): 125 x 75 mm.

Format: codex. Material: paper.

Foliation: 66 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation: All leaves guarded individually before rebinding.

Condition: Corroding ink.

Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 11. Written lines: 11. Uniform layout.

Hand note: Hebrew.

Number of hands: 1.

Script: Hebrew square script of the 17th century.

Binding: BM in-house. Spine: 'Mishle Sandebhar. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5449.'

Dimensions [leaf]: 155x120mm

Dimensions [written]: 125x75mm

Paper codex of the 17th century

Script (summary): Square script of the 17th century

Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 11. Written lines: 11. Uniform layout

Collation: All leaves guarded individually before rebinding

Foliation: 66 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end)

Binding: BM in-house. Spine: 'Mishle Sandebhar. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Harl. 5449.'

Condition: Corroding ink

Format: Codex

Material: Paper

Custodial History:

Place of origin: France?

Source of Acquisition:

Acquisition: The Harley Collection, formed by (owner) Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and (owner) Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, '20 Februarij 1719/20', folio 1r.Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, (owner) Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, (owner) 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. Date: 1753.

Date of origin: 17th century.

1753 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, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, '20 Februarij 1719/20', folio 1r. 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

Appraisal:

Condition: Corroding ink.

Administrative Context:

Date of origin: 17th century.

Origin: 1600-1699

France (?)

Finding Aids:

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

For a more detailed catalogue entry see

British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum. By G. Margoliouth, Etc. (pt. 4. Introduction, Indexes, Brief Descriptions of Accessions and Addenda and Corrigenda. By J. Leveen.) [The Preface to the Reprinted Edition Signed: K. B. Gardner.]. London-77, 1965: number.878

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. 878.

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.