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Detailed record for Additional 18424
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| Author |
Rabbi Samson ben Tzadoq; Baruch ben Isaac |
| Title |
Halakhical works: Tashbetz by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), Sefer ha-Terumah by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of mezuzah (f. 43v), of tefilin (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) |
| Origin |
Germany |
| Date |
1307 |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Ashkenazi square script, unpunctuated |
| Scribe |
Judah Cohen (?) |
| Decoration |
5 initial words decorated with frames inhabited by hybrids in dark brown ink and red (ff. 1, 24, 24v, 31, 32v). 7 initial words decorated with bands filled with foliate motifs in dark brown ink and red (ff. 36, 36v, 37v, 38v, 39v, 41, 42v). Foliate motifs running vertically at the right sides of the text columns (ff. 1-27v, 31-43v). Decorated paragraph numbers in red (ff. 1-27v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
305 x 210 (195 x 145/150) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 44 (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf and 2 new parchment flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
6 quires: i8 (ff. 1-8), ii8 (ff. 9-16), iii8 (ff. 17-24), iv6 (ff. 25-30), v2 (ff. 31-32), vi8 (ff. 33-40), vi4 (ff. 41-44). Catchwords. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the words Yehudah and kohen are marked numerous times in the text (e.g. ff. 7, 7v, 8, 12, 16v, 26v, 31, 43).
Tinmont (place) 5067 [1307]: date and origin in the formulae of a marriage contract and of a power of attorney (f. 44v).
Luigi da Bologna, censor: inscribed with his name: 'Revisto per mi fra Luigi da Bolgona del ordine de Sa' Domenico, Marzo 1599' (f. 30v); a converted Jew working for the Inquisition as censor (active at the end of the 16th-beginning of 17th century), see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117.
Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1613 (f. 30v); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.
Renato da Modena: inscribed with his name, 1626 (f. 30v); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 132-133.
Fra Gir. Durazzano censor, active in 1640-41 in Modena-Reggio: inscribed with his name, 1640 (f. 30v); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 89.
D. Ludwig Kalisch: purchased by the British Museum from him on 10 December 1850: inscribed (f. [45v]). |
| Notes |
Ruling is visible. |
| 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. 538. |
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f. 1
Hybrids |
f. 1
Inhabited arches |
f. 31
Decorated initial words |
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f. 31
Inhabited initial-word panel |
f. 38v
Decorated initial word |
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