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Detailed record for Additional 15306
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| Title |
Pentateuch with masorah magna and parva |
| Origin |
Spain |
| Date |
Last quarter of the 14th or 1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Sephardi square script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
Masorah in the margin written in micrographic form. 18 full-page panels of micrographical design (ff. 2v-7, 192-196). |
| Dimensions in mm |
240 x 175 (150 x 105) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 196 (+ 1 unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
25 quires: i6 (ff. 2-7), ii-xxiv8 (ff. 8-191), xxvfive (ff. 192-196). Quire numbering at the beginning of each quire. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Crimson velvet binding. |
| Provenance |
Petri Arrivabeni: inscribed with his name: ‘Io petri Arriuabeni’, undated (f. 1).
David Isaac Karmi: inscribed with his name in an owner’s inscription, undated (f. 2).
Isaac Cohen ben [ .. .. ] Joshua Cohen, owner: inscribed with his name in an owner’s inscription (f. 2).
Illegible Latin inscription (f. 195v).
Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.
Italian inscription: ‘Pentateuco Ebraico ossia li cinque libri di Moise’ (f. 196v).
Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate, inscribed (inner front cover); his sale 13 August 1844, lot 314: inscribed (f. 1), purchased by the British Museum through Thomas Thorpe bookseller for £20. |
| Notes |
Some micrographical motifs are similar to the ones in Harley 5774. |
| Select bibliography |
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, Bibliotheca Sussexiana. A Descriptive Catalogue, Accompanied by Historical and Biographical Notices, of the Manuscripts and Printed Books Contained in the Library of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in Kensington Palace, 2 vols (London: Longman, 1827-1839), I, part 1, pp. xvi-xvii.
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), I, no. 82. |
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f. 5
Micrography |
ff. 52v-53
Micrography |
ff. 191v-192
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f. 191v
Micrography |
f. 192
Micrography |
f. 194v
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