Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 30
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- Hebrew MS 30
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- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Title
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- Astronomical text (חבור בתכונה)
- Maqala fi sina'at al-mantiq (מקאלה פי צנאעת אלמנטק | Treatise on Logic)
- Text on logic (קטע בהגיון)
- Millot ha-Higgayon (מלות ההגיון | Treatise on Logic)
- Tseror ha-Kesef (צרור הכסף | Bundle of Silver)
- Perush Millot ha-Higgayon la-Rambam (פרוש מלות ההגיון לרמב"ם | Commentary on Maimonides' Treatise on Logic)
- Sha'ar ha-Shirtutin (שער השרטוטין | Chapter on Lines [on the Palm of the Hand])
- קטע באסטרולוגיה (Astrological text)
- קטעים ברפואה ובהגיון (Texts on medicine and logic)
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- Agent
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- Preferred form
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- Samuel ben Sa'adiah ibn Danan
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- Scribe
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- Ibn Danan, Shemuel ben Sa'adyah
- אבן דנאן, שמואל בן סעדיה
- Samuel ben Sa'adiah ibn Danan
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- Moïse Maïmonide (1138-1204)
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- Other
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- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
- משה בן מימון, 1138-1204
- Maimonides
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- Mošeh ben Maymwn (1138-1204)
- Maïmonide
- משה בן מימון
- Moïse Maïmonide (1138-1204)
- Moïse Maïmonide
- Mošeh ben Maymwn (1138-1204)משה בן מימון (1138-1204)
- משה בן מימון, 1138-1204
- Yiśraʾeliy, Yiṣḥaq ben Šlomoh (0855?-0955?)
- Author: Maimonides, Moses
- Ibn Maymūn (1135-1204)
- Maimonides, Moses
- Moses, Maimonides
- Moïse Maïmonide (1135-1204)
- R. Moyses de Aegypto
- R. Moyses Maimon (R. Moses ben Maimon)
- Moysis ben Habedallah Cordubensis
- Mose
- Mosheh ben Maimon
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- Mosheh Ibn Tibon (1240?-1283?)
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- Translator
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- Ibn Tibon, Mosheh, active 13th century
- אבן תבון, משה בן שמואל, המאה ה-13
- Moses ibn Tibbon
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- Moshe ibn Tibbon
- Mošeh ben Šmwʼel ʼibn Tibwn
- Moïse ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
- Moïse ibn Tibbon
- תבון, משה אבן
- Ibn Tibon, Mosheh (1240?-1283?)
- Translator: Ibn Tibon, Mosheh ben Shemuʾel
- Ibn Tibon, Mosheh
- Ibn Tibbon, Moses
- R. Moyses ben Tibbon
- R. Mose ben R. Samuel ben Tybbon
- Ibn Tibon, Mosheh ben Shemuʾel
- Ibn-Tibbon, Moše Ben-ŠemuʿEl
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- Joseph ben Abba Mari Ibn Kaspi (1280-1340)
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- Author
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- Caspi, Joseph, ca. 1280-ca. 1340
- כספי, יוסף בן אבא מארי, 1280-1340
- Joseph Kaspi
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- Joseph ibn Caspi
- Joseph Caspi ben Aba Mari
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- Joseph (bèn Abbå̄ Må̄rî ibn Kaspî)
- Joseph ibn Kaspi
- Joseph ben Abba Mari Caspi (1280 -1340)
- Joseph Kaspi ben Aba Mari (1280-1340)
- כספי, יוסף בן אבא מארי, 1280-1340
- Caspi, Joseph
- R. Ioseph Aben Caspi
- Kaspî, Jôs-Ef
- Kaspi, Yosef
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- William Henry Black (1808-1872)
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- Former owner
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- Black, William Henry, 1808-1872
- W.H. Black
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- Enriqueta Augustina Rylands (1843-1908)
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- Former owner
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- Enriqueta Rylands
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
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- Former owner
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- James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic, Earl (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Ludovic Lindsay 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
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- Description
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- Extent:
103 ff. (i+103+i) Leaf height: 270 mm, width: 200 mm.
Binding:
Brown leather binding with cardboard boards and handwritten in ink on spine "רמבם / Maimoni / Dis / Logica / Hebraicè / et / Arabicè / Etc. / MS / פאס / 5336 = 1576.".
Decoration:
Many initial words are executed in red, yellow or green ink. Especially the last twenty pages have many initial words that contrast in colour, providing a colourful whole.
Folio 98a: Pen-and-ink squares, dots and lines.
Folio 1a: Pen-and-ink geometrical drawing consisting of two partially overlapping circles to explain aspects of the lunar and solar movements.
Folio 1b: Pen-and-ink drawing with a simplified geometrical representation of the geocentric model of the solar system.
Folio 26a: Pen-and-ink tree-like structure: vertical line with words in circles right, left and in the centre, reflecting the hierarchical structure of forms of life with contrasting concepts.
Acquisition:
Acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall and later bequeathed to the The John Rylands Library.
Layout:
Long line with 17 written lines
Collation:
Horizontal catchwords at the bottom left corner of side b of each folio.
Script:
Sephardi cursive script, doubled in size for titles and initial words. Possibly several hands (see especially folios 1a-2a, 8a).
Data Source(s):
Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue, description of decorations by Gabrielle Sed-Rajna, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri, Renate Smithuis and Nienke Valk.
Subject(s):
Astronomy Early works to 1800; Jewish philosophy Early works to 1800; Philosophy Early works to 1800; Jews Folklore; Astrology Early works to 1800; Palmistry; Magic; Medicine Early works to 1800
Abstract:
Codex in Sephardi script containing a compilation of texts on logic and astronomy, written and partly authored by Samuel ben Sa'adiah ibn Danan in Fez in 1576.
Foliation:
Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals at the top outer corner of side a of each folio.
Format:
Codex
Material:
Paper with visible chainlines and laid lines and grapes watermark on folio 89.
Provenance:
Spine, front and back paste-downs: Printed label reading "גנזי מיליארד בלונדון C".
Front paste-down: Signature of W.H. Black and note reading "(Codex ?Spic. No. 7.)".
Front fly-leaf: Handwritten in ink "Liber scriptus apud פאס, i.e. Fez in Africa, AM. 5336, / (i.e. AD. 1576.) uti patet f. 81b.", in pencil "Hebraice Maimonidis Logica, cum parte / textus originalis Arabice / ff. 3-5 [...]" and in black ink "Exhibited to the Chronological Institute, 21/12/53. / WHB.".
Folio 1a: Owner's signature: עבד רחמן [...].
Back paste-down: Handwritten in ink "Hebrew MSS. / No. 30". Bookplate of the "Bibliotheca Lindesiana", with shelfmark "5 / G". Signature of W.H. Black.
Condition:
Folio 1 repaired and attached to folio 2 with white tape. Several repairs towards the spine with tape. Water stains especially on first folios. Spine partly detached. Folios 89-103 attached only with top thread.
Additions:
Marginal notes 24b-25b, 26b, 27b-28a, 29b-31a, 33a-b, 34b-36b, 47a, 49a, 75b, 95b in different hands. Occasional interlinear notes.
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