University of Pennsylvania, LJS 311
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS615
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 311
- Title:
- Sefer ha-Ḳanon ... etc..
- Avicenna, 980-1037
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [14--]
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 131 leaves : paper ; 195 x 126 (126 x 95) mm bound to 204 x 148 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Hirschel, Solomon, 1761-1842
Jews' College (London, England)
Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain)
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Modern calf
Ms. codex.
Decoration: Occasional manicules (f. 18r, 23r, 26r, 27v, 38r, 112v, 122v, 125v).
Script: Written in Italian semi-cursive Hebrew script.
Collation: Paper, iii (modern) + i (early) + 131 + ii (modern); 1¹²(-1) 2-8¹² 9¹⁴ 10¹² 11¹⁰; gatherings 1-9 signed with the first through ninth letters of the Hebrew alphabet, lower left corner last verso; [1-131], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on last verso of each gathering, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 26-27 long lines.
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Sold at auction at Christie, Manson & Woods as part of the collection of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah, 23 Jun. 1999, lot 15, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Formerly owned by Solomon Hirschel, first Chief Rabbi of London.
Formerly held in the library of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Ashkenazi rabbinical court, London), no. 139 (spine).
Formerly held in the library of Jews' College (London; stamp, early flyleaf), no. 118 (inscription). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9954104743503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3ck89/manifest
- Holding Institution:
