Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1620
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- Manchester Digital Collections
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- The John Rylands Library
- Shelfmark
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- Gaster Hebrew MS 1620
- Biblissima authority file
- Language
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- Hebrew
- Title
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- Ohel Mo'ed (אהל מועד | Dictionary | Tent of Meeting)
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- Preferred form
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- Salomon ben Abraham ben Samuel de Urbino (14..-14..)
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- Author
- Original form
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- Shelomoh ben Avraham ben Shemuʼel, me-Urbino, active 15th century
- שלמה בן אברהם, מאורבינו
- Solomon ben Abraham of Urbino
- Biblissima authority file
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- Preferred form
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- Isaija Romanin
- Role
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- Owner
- Original form
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- Isaija Romanin
- Biblissima authority file
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- Preferred form
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- Moses Gaster (1856-1939)
- Role
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- Moses Gaster
- Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
- Biblissima portal
- Biblissima authority file
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- Description
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- Extent:
6 ff. (iii+6+ii) Leaf height: 190 mm, width: 130 mm. Written height: 152 mm, width: 85 mm.
Binding:
Modern black cloth binding. The original binding with beige flexible boards is still present (the front board is ripped and the bottom half is missing), bound together with the text block and preceded and followed by modern fly-leaves.
Acquisition:
Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
Layout:
Long line with about 31 written lines.
Collation:
Paper stub after folio 6. The manuscript includes surely one quire of 3 bifolios. Catchwords at the bottom left corner of side b of each folio.
Script:
Italian semi-cursive script.Italian square script for the alphabetical entries.
Data Source(s):
Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri and Renate Smithuis.
Subject(s):
Dictionaries
Abstract:
Opening part of the dictionary Ohel mo'ed by Solomon ben Abraham of Urbino, from אב to בדל. Sporadic vocalisation. The dictionary is available in an edition by Jonas Willheimer, ʾOhel moʻed ʻal shemot ha-nirdafim = hebraeische Sinonima (Vienna 1881).
Foliation:
Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals at the top outer corner of side a of each folio.
Format:
Codex
Material:
Paper with watermarks: folios 2 and 5 a circle with anchor and letter DG.
Provenance:
Paper labels on spine, the bottom one with number 1620.
Front paste-down: Handwritten in blue crayon number 1620.
Original card front board: Label with handwritten in black ink number 11.
Folio iiia: Handwritten in violet pencil number 156.
Folio iiib: Handwritten note in Latin characters mentioning the name Isaija Romanin and the city of Pesaro.
Folio 1a: Handwritten in black ink "1620 M. Gaster".
Condition:
Stains and some book-worm holes.
Note(s):
Sporadic vocalisation.
Excerpts:
Incipit: אמר שלמה בן אברהם בן שמואל מאורבינו ז"ל המחבר הספר הזה יקרא שמו בישראל אהל מועד
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- Rights
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