University of Pennsylvania, LJS 472
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- DS ID:
- DS709
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 472
- Title:
- Ḥeshbon mahalkhot ha-kokhavim.
- Author:
- Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, approximately 1065-approximately 1136
- Place:
- Spain
- Date:
- [14--]
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 98 leaves : paper ; 197 x 135 (161 x 85) mm, not including folded note tabs, bound to 205 x 147 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Halberstam, S. J. 1832-1900
Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England)
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Possibly written in Spain, in the 15th century.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Modern paper over boards.
Layout: Written in 22 long lines.
Script: Written in Sephardic semi-cursive script, with marginal notes in later hands.
Foliation: Paper, iii (modern) + 2 (modern) + 94 + i (modern); [i-ii, 1-96], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England), after 1887, ms. 422 (label inside lower cover, Montefiore MS. 422).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (New York) as part of a collection of manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, 27 Oct. 2004, lot 307, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Acquired by the Polish scholar and bibliophile S. J. Halberstam from the estate of Samuel David Luzzatto, ms. 110.
Placed on deposit at Jews' College (London) as part of the Montefiore Endowment, 1899.
Formerly owned by Italian philologist, poet, and biblical exegete Samuel David Luzzatto. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958607923503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3cr5nd04/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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