Extent: 148 leaves : paper ; 140 x 98 (110 x 65) mm bound to 145 x 105 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Paper, 148; 110 26 34 44 (-1) 58 (-8) 610 (-6) 76 810 96 1010 116 1210 136 1410 156 1610 176 1810 (-4,5,6) 196 2010 ; contemporary foliation in ink on folios 1-146, upper left recto, 1-16, 24-42, 44-131, 138-140, 144-160; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, [1-148]. References in this record are to modern foliation. Layout: Written in fourteen to seventeen long lines with indents used for the beginning of letter passages; for long form poetry, double columns are used (for example, f. 65v); in other verse sections, a column in the center of the folio is used to demarcate (for example, f. 77v). Script: Written in 18th-century Italian Hebrew cursive script by multiple hands. Binding: Contemporary vellum on soft board, likely original; no spine cords apparent. There is evidence for a contemporary spine title, no longer legible. Origin: Written in Livorno, a Tuscan port city near Pisa, in the hands of members of the Carpi family, in 1744-1745 (f. 1r). Sold by Kestenbaum and Company (New York, NY), sale 68 (April 7, 2016) lot 113.
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