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Detailed record for Additional 26878
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| Author |
Solomon ben Isaac |
| Title |
Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-272), Five Scrolls (Hamesh megillot; ff. 273-311v) and Haftarot(ff. 312-381) with Rashi's commentary |
| Origin |
France |
| Date |
14th century |
| Language |
Hebrew, Aramaic |
| Script |
Ashkenazi square and semi-cursive script, partially punctuated |
| Scribe |
ff. 1-370: Samuel ben Hayyim (the name Shmuel is decorated on f. 209). ff. 371-381: different hand. |
| Decoration |
1 inhabited initial-word panel in ink (f. 322v). 26 decorated and inhabited initial-word panels/initial words with silver, gold and red letters, in colour (ff. 7, 11v, 22v, 29, 34, 46, 50v, 57, 63v,76v, 80v, 85v, 162, 168v, 174v, 180, 189, 239, 245v, 252v, 260v, 335, 341v, 344v, 356v, 357v). Numerous decorated and inhabited initial words, in ink. Diagrams of the Holy Land (f. 205). Numerous carmina figurata. Numerous micrographic designs in the margins. 8 marginal drawings (ff. 42v, 43v, 49v, 51v, 53v, 67v, 115, 161v). Numerous decorative column endings of the marginal text, among them 3 small coats of arms (ff. 15, 22, 79). Drawings next to the catchwords (ff. 54v, 106v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
285 x 210 (170/160 x 80) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 382 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 2 older and 3 modern paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Collation |
47 quires: i8 (ff. 1-8), ii8 (ff. 9-16), iii8 (ff. 17-24), iv8 (ff. 25-32), v12 (ff. 33-44), vi10 (ff. 45-54), vii12 (ff. 55-66), viii8 (ff. 67-74), ix8 (ff. 75-82), x8 (ff. 83-90), xi8 (ff. 91-98), xii8 (ff. 99-106), xiii8 (ff. 107-114), xiv8 (ff. 115-122), xv8 (ff. 123-130), xvi8 (ff. 131-138), xvii8 (ff. 139-146), xviii8 (ff. 147-154), xix8 (ff. 155-162), xx8 (ff. 163-170), xxi8 (ff. 171-178), xxii8 (ff. 179-186), xxiii8-2 (ff. 187-192), xxiv8 (ff. 193-200), xxv8 (ff. 201-208), xxvi8 (ff. 209-216), xxvii8 (ff. 217-224), xxviii8 (ff. 225-232), xxix8 (ff. 233-240), xxx8 (ff. 241-248), xxxi8 (ff. 249-256), xxxii8 (ff. 257-264), xxxiii8 (ff. 265-272), xxxiv8 (ff. 273-280), xxxv8 (ff. 281-288), xxxvi8 (ff. 289-296), xxxvii8 (ff. 297-304), xxxviii8 (ff. 305-312), xxxix8 (ff. 313-320), xl8 (ff. 321-328), xli8 (ff. 329-336), xlii8 (ff. 337-344), xliii8 (ff. 345-352), xliv10 (ff. 353-362), xlv8 (ff. 363-370), xlvi8 (ff. 371-378), xlvii7 (ff. 379-382). Catchwords are sometimes decorated. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Samuel ben rabbi he-haver Rabbi Hayyim, scribe: inscribed with his name in a colophon, in Lunel? (ff. 272, 311v); the name Shmuel is marked (f. 209).
Hayyim: the word is decorated or marked as an acrostic (ff. 50v, 334, 348).
Joseph: the name is marked with a small human head attached to it (ff. 270, 320v).
Remains of a contract, mostly illegible (f. 272v).
Hebrew inscription: letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order and in counter order a blessing; its last part had been crossed out (f. [384]).
Samuel Schönblum of Vienna: purchased by the British Museum from him on 24 August 1865: inscribed (f. [385]). |
| Notes |
The codex is imperfect at the beginning and at the end. There are two lacunae after ff. 146, 378 and the outer bifolio is missing from quire xxiii.
f. 382 is a folio from a much smaller codex with a fragment of Psalm 119 (119:48-65) written in Sephardic square script. On the same folio, there is a partially erased Hebrew inscription in the upper margin.
Sometimes threefold catchwords for main text, Targum and commentary (e.g. f. 44v).
Watermark, f. [383], of a circle with the letters BG and a cross on top, similar to C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), nos. 3046-3047 (dated 1569-71, Reggio Emilia). |
| 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), I, no. 177.
Bezalel Narkiss, 'The Seal of Solomon the Scribe: The Illustrations of the Albenc Pentateuch of 1340', in Between Judaism and Christianity: art historical essays in honor of Elisheva (Elisabeth) Revel-Neher, ed. by Katrin Kogman-Appel and Mati Meyer (Leiden: Brill, 2009), pp. 319-51 (p. 331). |
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f. 11v
Initial words |
f. 11v
Dragon |
f. 16v
Threefold catchword |
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f. 16v
Threefold catchword |
f. 43v
Dragon |
f. 43v
Dragon |
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f. 49v
Dog and hybrid |
f. 49v
Dog |
f. 50v
Inhabited initial word |
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f. 50v
Dragons |
f. 57
Decorated initial-word |
f. 57
Initial word |
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f. 107
Menorah |
f. 107
Menorah |
f. 110v
Micrography |
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f. 111v
Tabernacle |
f. 111v
Tabernacle |
f. 133v
Carmina figurata of a dragon |
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f. 161v
Scapegoat |
f. 161v
Goat |
f. 191v
Eagle |
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f. 199
Carmina figurata of a hybrid |
f. 199
Hybrid |
f. 205
Diagrams of the Holy Land |
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f. 205
Diagrams of the Holy Land |
f. 269
Chalice |
f. 269
Chalice |
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f. 305
Carmina figurata of two human heads |
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