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Date
1431

Title
Collection of philosophical and astronomical works.

Content
A collection of various philosophical and astronomical works.Fol 3rTitle: Mafteaḥ ha-pesuḳim be-Moreh nevukhim.Title: מפתח הפסוקים במורה נבוכים.Note: Fragmentary index of the biblical passages in the Guide for the Perplexed.Fols 3v-4vTitle: Ḥibur be-asṭronomiyah.Title: חבור באסטרונומיה.Note: A short astronomical tract showing how to calculate the time of the newmoon and of the sun's eclipse by means of Immanuel ben Jacob's Shesh Kenafayim.Colophon: תם ונשלם שבח לבורא עולם על ידי בנימן יה"ל בכמ"ר מתתיה זלה"ה פה ב סיינה ח יינרו שנת קצ"א לפרט האלף השישי ליצירה לוי"א.. (Fol 4v)Fol 5rTitle: ῾Inyane asṭronomiyah.Title: עניני אסטרונומיה.Fols 5v-6vTitle: Be᾿ur shesh kenafayim shel ῾Imanu᾿el ben Ya῾aḳov.Title: באור שש כנפים של עמנואל בן יעקב.Fols 7r-9rAuthor: Avigdor, Solomon ben Abraham. (אביגדור, שלמה בן אברהם)Title: Be᾿ur shesh kenafayi.Title: Be᾿ur shesh kenafayim shel ῾Imanu᾿el ben Ya῾aḳov.Title: באור שש כנפים של עמנואל בן יעקב.Decoration note: Diagram and a volvelle. (Fols 8v-9r)Fols 9v-13rAuthor: Petrus, HispanusJohn XXI, Pope. (פטרוס היספנוס)Title: Sefer ha-higayon.Title: ספר ההגיון.Note: Extracts from the treatise on logic by Petrus Hispanus in the Hebrew recension of Abraham Avigdor ben Meshullam. At the end (folio 13r) are some short medical prescriptions, and an astrological note.Filiation: For another manuscript with extracts from this work, see Add MS 27087 (Margoliouth no. 884; for the entire work see Or 1306 (Margoliouth no. 917).Fols 13v-37rAuthor: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr. (עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן)Title: Sefer ha-mispar.Title: ספר המספר.Note: With a number of marginal notes.Decoration note: A diagram on folio 13v.Decoration note: Several tables on folios 16r, 26r, 27r, 28r-30v, 35v-37r.Fols 37v-40vAuthor: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr. (עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן)Title: Sefer ha-eḥad.Title: ספר האחד.Note: Some arithmetical problems are appended (folios 39v-40v).Explicit: נשלם ספר המספר מאבן עזרה.Fols 41r-50vAuthor: Judah ben Jehiel. (יהודה בן יחיאל מסיר ליאון)Title: Livnat ha-sapir.Title: לבנת הספיר.Note: Fragments only. Date post quem 1454, the date of the compostion of the work.Decoration note: Pen and ink drawing of a plant. (Fol 47r)
 
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Physical Description

  • Paper codex of the 15th century.

    50 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).

    Binding: BM in-house. Spine title: 'Comm. on the Shesh Kenaphim. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,153'.

  • Fol 3r.Fols 3v-4v.Fol 5r.Fols 5v-6v.Fols 7r-9r.Fols 9v-13r.Fols 13v-37r.Fols 37v-40v

    Paper codex of the 15th century.

    50 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 220 x 148 mm. Dimensions (written): 145 x 10 mm.

    Foliation: 40 folios.

    Collation: Indeterminable. Folios 1-2 are foliated flyleaves. Signatures at the head and the end of quires in Hebrew letters (folios 20v-21r and 40v).

    Condition: Damp at edges, with mould weakness in part. Old infills for lost areas. Various spills, stains, and glue stains in gutter. Imperfect at the beginning.

    Layout: Columns: 1 to . Ruled lines: 28 to 38. Written lines: 28 to 38. Uniform layout. Repeated words at beginning of folios. Pricking for frame/verticals only. Plummet ruling, for frame only. Last written line outside ruling. Larger initial words and headings. Diagrams.

    Scripts: Hebrew.

    Script (summary): Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century; the scribe is Binyamin ben Matatyah (see colophon on folio 4v).

  • Fols 41r-50v

    Paper codex of the 15th century.

    50 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 215 x 145 mm. Dimensions (written): 145 x 85 mm.

    Foliation: Folios 40-50.

    Collation: On guards.

    Condition: Old infills for lost areas. Various spills, stains. Imperfect at the beginning. Lacunae after folio 41, 48, 49.

    Layout: Columns: 1 to . Ruled lines: 28 to 38. Written lines: 28 to 38. Uniform layout. Larger initial words and headings.

    Scripts: Hebrew.

    Script (summary): Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

    Decoration: A ink drawing of a plant with different types of leaves.


Ownership
Fol 3r.Fols 3v-4v.Fol 5r.Fols 5v-6v.Fols 7r-9r.Fols 9v-13r.Fols 13v-37r.Fols 37v-40vFols 41r-50v Acquisition: Giuseppe Almanzi (owner)(b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 263: his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 throughAsher & Co, Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v

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. 1085.

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