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Harley MS 5504

Record Id:

040-003948066

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-003948066

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100124336766.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100145086653.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5504

Title:

Naḥmanides' Torah commentary.

Perush ha-Torah by Naḥmanides, 1195-1270

פרוש התורה

Scope & Content:

Language: Hebrew

The commentary of Naḥmanides (Moshe ben Naḥman aka Ramban) on the Pentateuch.

Fols 1r-323v

Author: Naḥmanides (משה בן נחמן)

Perush ha-Torah

פרוש התורה

Filiation: Cf. author's colophon, folio 343v to the one in The British Library, n.d..Harley MS 5503, 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. 209., folio 295v.

Decoration note: a diagram of the Temple. (Fol 263r)

Fols 1r-2v

Introduction

Fols 3r-183v

Genesis

Fols 183v-156v

Exodus

Fols 156v-214r

Leviticus

Fols 214r-263v

Numbers

Fols 263v-323v

Deuteronomy

The commentary of Naḥmanides (Moshe ben Naḥman aka Ramban) on the Pentateuch

Decorations

Diagram: folio 263r: A diagram of the Temple

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-003948066

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Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5504 : Naḥmanides' Torah commentary.Perush ha-Torah by Naḥmanides, 1195-1270פרוש התורה

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032-002045828[7880]/040-003948066

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

323 folios

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Languages:

Hebrew

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

1400-1499

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Paper codex pf the 15th century.

323 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 274 x 200 mm. Dimensions (written): 204 x 130 mm.

Format: codex. Material: paper.

Foliation: 323 folios (+ 2 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and 5 at the end).

Collation: 27 quires of 12 leaves each. Quires marked with Hebrew letters and an abbreviation ב"ה on the right-hand upper corner of the first page. The Hebrew signatures are omitted in the latter portion of the manuscript.

Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 30. Written lines: 30. Uniform layout. Larger initial words. Catchwords of every verso.

Hand note: Hebrew.

Number of hands: 2.

Script: Sefardi semi-cursive script, unpunctuated. Probably of 15th century. Fols 1r-3v: and supplied by a later hand.

Binding: Post-1600; with Harleian coat of arms on both covers.

Dimensions [leaf]: 274x200mm

Dimensions [written]: 204x130mm

Paper codex of the 15th century

Script (summary): Sefardi semi-cursive script, unpunctuated. Probably of the15th century

Script: folios 1r - 3v and folio 323r, 323v supplied by a later hand

Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 30. Written lines: 30. Each new section of the commentary commences with an initial word in larger characters

Foliation: 323 folios (+ 2 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and 5 at the end)

Binding: Post-1600; with Harleian coat of arms on both covers

Additions: Laurentius Franguellus (censor): inscribed with his name, 1525 (folio 322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969, page 78. Fra Luigi da Bologna Maggio (censor), a converted Jew working for the Inquisition as censor (fl.1590-1609): inscribed with his name, 1599 (folio 322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969, page 104

Format: Codex

Material: Chart

Custodial History:

Provenance: Censor's signature by Guidus Menotiuson f. 4r: 'Subsignavi ego Guidus Menotius regien. not.s d. manto di D. Jacobi Giraldini comiss. Ap[osto]lici et ducalis die 18 Martii 1556'. (censor) Laurentius Franguellus: inscribed with his name, 1525 (f.322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969. page 78. (censor) Fra Luigi da Bologna Maggio, a converted Jew working for the Inquisition as censor (active approximately 1590-1609): inscribed with his name, 1599 (f. 322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969. page 104.

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. 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 of origin: 15th century.

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:

Provenance: Censor's signature by Guidus Menotiuson f. 4r: 'Subsignavi ego Guidus Menotius regien. not.s d. manto di D. Jacobi Giraldini comiss. Ap｢osto｣lici et ducalis die 18 Martii 1556'. (censor) Laurentius Franguellus: inscribed with his name, 1525 (f.322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969. page 78. (censor) Fra Luigi da Bologna Maggio, a converted Jew working for the Inquisition as censor (active approximately 1590-1609): inscribed with his name, 1599 (f. 322v); see William POPPER. The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969. page 104.

Date of origin: 15th century.

Origin: 1400-1499

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 212

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. 212.

BL = British Library shelfmark.

William Popper. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.

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.

Related Material:

Filiation: Cf. author's colophon, folio 343v to the one in The British Library, n.d.. Harley MS 5503, 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. 209., folio 295v.