Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS X893 T71

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DS ID:

DS18483

Shelfmark:

MS X893 T71

Title:

Ot ha-berit / אות הברית

Text on circumcision

Place:

S.l.

undetermined TGN

Date:

1824.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Vocalized Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

ill., parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 11 leaves : ill., parchment ; 13 x 9 cm

Note:

Manuscript written on parchment in Ashkenazic square handwriting.
Shelfmark: MS X893 T71
On leaf 12 we find a drawing of King Solomon, sitting on a chair near a column on the top of which the three scrolls of the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs are laid. The lines in the drawing are inscribed with the verses of the Song of Songs.
The Ms. was specially prepared at the request of Yonah Ḳaṿo as a gift to Yeḥezḳel Trish, doctor and mohel in Lipnik nad becvou, in 1824.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Jewish art

Nineteenth century

Circumcision

Bible. Song of Solomon

Jews

Czech Republic--Lipník nad Bečvou

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7460957

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15296202_000/manifest.json

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_17160619_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library