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Harley MS 5584

Record Id:

040-003948070

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-003948070

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100124336771.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100145088042.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5584

Title:

Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan by Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th century

ספר מצוות קטן

Scope & Content:

Language: Hebrew

Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan of Isaac of Corbeil, with glosses.

Author: Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th century (יצחק בן יוסף, מקורביל)

Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan.

ספר מצוות קטן

Note: The introduction begins on folio 2r. The last commandment in the body of the work is numbered 285, but twenty-seven others are briefly enumerated at the end as a kind of supplement. Folio 3 and 4 (the latter being mutilated) contain an incomplete index of the commandments. A complete list is given on folios 170v-172v, but the order of days is not marked there beyond the thirs day of the week (at the 98th commandment). The form of divorce (folio 74v) is dated 5139 (1379), the place named being Stendal. The divorcing husband's name is put down as Eliezer Taku ben Shelomoh, the wonam's name being Roza bat Perets. Folios 173r-174r contain tables for calendar calculations. The first maḥzor on folio 173r is ערה and the last רפז. Folios 173v, 174r have references to the feasts and fasts, and to various parashayot.

Decoration note: decorated initial-word panel with floral border, in colours. (Fol 5r)

Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan of Isaac of Corbeil, with glosses

The introduction begins on folio 2r. The last commandment in the body of the work is numbered 285, but twenty-seven others are briefly enumerated at the end as a kind of supplement. Folio 3 and 4 (the latter being mutilated) contain an incomplete index of the commandments. A complete list is given on folios 170v-172v, but the order of days is not marked there beyond the thirs day of the week (at the 98th commandment). The form of divorce (folio 74v) is dated 5139 (1379), the place named being Stendal. The divorcing husband's name is put down as Eliezer Taku ben Shelomoh, the woman's name being Roza bat Perets. Folios 173r-174r contain tables for calendar calculations. The first maḥzor on folio 173r is ערה and the last רפז. Folios 173v, 174r have references to the feasts and fasts, and to various parashiyot

Decorations

Initial: folio 5r: Decorated initial-word panel with floral border, in colours

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5584 : Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan by Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th centuryספר מצוות קטן

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[7879]/040-003948070

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

175 folios

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Languages:

Hebrew

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

1300-1499

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex of the 14th to 15th century.

175 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 260 x 175 mm. Dimensions (written): 170 x 100 mm.

Format: codex. Material: parchment.

Foliation: 175 folios (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation: Quires of 8 leaves each, marked by catchwords at the end.

Condition: Folio 4 is mutilated.

Layout: Columns: 2. Ruled lines: 33. Written lines: 33. Uniform layout. Last line written outside the ruling. Pricking and hard-point ruling visible. Hair-side and flesh-side of the folios distinguishable. Occasional marginal notes. Chapter initials and numbers given in larger characters. In folios 1r-35v some passages are marked with letters in red ink.

Hand note: Hebrew.

Number of hands: 1.

Script: Ashkenazi (French) semi-cursive script of the 14th to 15th century.

Binding: BM in-house. Harley coat of arms on the front and back covers. Spine title: 'Isaac of Corbeil: Semak. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Harl. Or. 5584.'

Dimensions [leaf]: 260x175mm

Dimensions [written]: 170x100mm

Parchment codex of the 14th to 15th century

Collation: Quires of 8 leaves each, marked by catchwords at the end

Foliation: 175 folios (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end)

Binding: BM in-house. Harley coat of arms on the upper and lower cover. Spine title: 'Isaac of Corbeil: Semak. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Harl. Or. 5584.'

Condition: Folio 4 is mutilated

Format: Codex

Material: Parchment

Custodial History:

Provenance: Eli῾ezer ben Mosheh (owner), David ben Ḥayim Baḥur (owner): inscribed (folio 1r, 174v). Eli῾ezer Ḥazan mi-Praga (owner): inscribed (folio 174v). Hirsh Shebreshin (owner): inscribed (folio 175r). Humfrey Wanley, a librarian to Robert and Edward Harley, the 1st and the 2nd earl of Oxford: Liber Humfredi Wanley., inscribed (folio 175v). An entry of birth (of a girl named Migdal), dated 5403 [1643] (folio 5r).

Place of origin: France.

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 (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley (owner) bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish (owner), 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: 14th-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

Appraisal:

Condition: Folio 4 is mutilated.

Administrative Context:

Date of origin: 14th-15th century.

Origin: 1300-1499

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.512

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. 512.

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.

Names:

Isaac ben Joseph, 1200-1299