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Detailed record for Oriental 11924
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| Title |
Prayer book, Italian rite |
| Origin |
Italy |
| Date |
15th century |
| Language |
Hebrew, Judeo-Italian |
| Script |
Italian semi-cursive script, punctuated |
| Scribe |
Israel |
| Decoration |
Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border (f. 1). 3 drawings illustrating the text, in brown and red ink (ff. 132v, 153v, 158v). Maniculae (e.g., ff. 26, 78v, 79, 160v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
145 x 110 (110 x 75) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 182 (+ 1 unfoliated modern flyleaf at the beginning and 1 older and 1 modern unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end); ff. 1-3 are paper flyleaves |
| Collation |
Mostly quires of ten leaves. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Israel, the scribe: the name Yisrael is decorated several times (e.g., ff. 79v, 178v, 181v).
Antonio Franc. Enriques, censor (fl. in Urbino): inscribed with his name, 1688 (f. 182v); ee William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.
Heinrich Eisemann, bookseller: brought from him by the British Museum on 27 October 1949 (f. [183v]). |
| Notes |
Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a fleur-de-lis, f. [183], unidentified. |
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f. 132v
Blessing |
f. 132v
Blessing |
f. 153v
Seder |
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f. 153v
Seder |
f. 158v
Marginal drawings |
f. 158v
Marginal drawings |
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