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Detailed record for Additional 16577
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| Title |
Festival prayer book, Italian rite |
| Origin |
Italy |
| Date |
3rd quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Italian semi-cursive script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
3 frontispieces with initial-word panels and full borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 27v, 30v). 1 full-page miniature including the first owner’s inscription (f. 287). Numerous initial-word panels and initial words accompanied with foliate scrolls or floral motifs and sometimes with animals or birds, in colours and gold. 2 pen drawings in the margin (ff. 53, 101v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
325 x 220 (225 x 140) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 287 (+ 3 unfoliated modenr paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
29 quires: i-xxviii10 (ff. 1-280), xxixten (ff. 281-286, 286a, 287). Catchwords. Quire numeration on the recto of the first folios in Arabic numbers. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Abraham ben Jacob, first owner: inscribed with his name in an owner's inscription (f. 287v).
Kalonymos Finziim (Panziim?; of the Finzi/ Panzi family?: inscribed with his name in an owner’s inscription, undated (f. 1).
Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 286); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.
Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1611 (f. 286); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.
Antonio Franc. Enriques, censor (fl. in Urbino): inscribed with his name, 1688 (f. 286); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.
Marginal inscription: an attempt to copy Franguellus' signature (f. 103v).
Acquired by the British Museum in 1847. |
| Notes |
Parallel Hebrew foliation. Gilt edges.
Censors’ erasures (e.g., ff. 2, 8v, 154, 155v, 178v, 183)
Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. |
| Select 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), II, no. 630.
Ilana Tahan, Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image (London, British Library, 2007), pp. 83-85.
Sacred: Books of the Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (London: British Library, 2007), p. 44 [exhibition catalogue]. |
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f. 1
Full-page frontispiece |
f. 1
Medallions |
f. 12v
Panther |
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f. 12v
Panther |
f. 13v
Decorated initial-word panels |
f. 27v
Frontispiece |
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f. 29v
Decorated initial words |
f. 29v
Decorated initial words |
f. 29v
Monkey |
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f. 30v
Full-page frontispiece |
f. 41v
Stork |
f. 41v
Stork |
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f. 44v
Dragon |
f. 44v
Dragon |
f. 45v
Wolf |
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f. 45v
Wolf |
f. 47
Lion |
f. 47
Lion |
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f. 48
Sheep |
f. 48
Sheep |
f. 53
Foliate scrolls |
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f. 53
Foliate scrolls |
f. 59
Bear |
f. 59
Bear |
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f. 61
Stag |
f. 61
Stag |
f. 78v
Lioness |
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f. 78v
Lioness |
f. 177
Inhabited initial-word panel |
f. 177
Inhabited initial-word panel |
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f. 188v
Decorated initial-word panel |
f. 188v
Decorated initial-word panel |
f. 260v
Inhabited initial-word panel |
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f. 287v
Owner's inscription |
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