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Detailed record for Additional 18970
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| Title |
Hebrew Grammar: Petah Devarai (ff. 1-103v), Luhot ha-poel (ff. 106v-124v) |
| Origin |
Spain |
| Date |
15th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Sephardi semi cursive and square script, punctuated |
| Decoration |
Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red and mauve ink. |
| Dimensions in mm |
160 x 110 (90 x 60) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 125 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper and 2 parchment flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
17 quires: i-ix8 (ff. 1-72), x6 (ff. 73-78), xi-xiii8 (ff. 79-102), xiv4 (ff. 103-105, 105a), xv-xvi8 (ff. 106-121), xvii4 (ff. 122-125). No catchword. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Joseph Tzaror: inscribed with his name (f. 104v).
Samuel Dafno, owner: inscribed with his name (f. 125v).
Don Meir ben Ban: inscribed with his name (f. 125v).
Don Abraham ben Ban: inscribed with his name (f. 125v).
Adolphus Asher (b. 1800, d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum 1841-1853 (see David Paisey, 'Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, anglophile and friend to Panizzi', in The British Library Journal, 23 (1997), 131-53): purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 June 1852: inscribed (f. [126v]). |
| Notes |
Incomplete at the beginning. Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 105. |
| 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), III, no. 964. |
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f. 23v
Decorated initial-word panel |
f. 48v
Decorated initial-word panel |
f. 90
Decorated initial-word panel |
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