University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 26
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS765
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 26
- Title:
- Pesiḳta rabata / פסיקתא רבתא
- Scribe:
- Shimshon ben Gavriʼel / שמשון בן גביאל, מעתיק
- Place:
- Castello
- Date:
- 1563
- Language:
- Hebrew; introduction in Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 195 leaves : paper ; 207 x 138 (165 x 95) mm bound to 215 x 155 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Cohen, Abraham, 1887-1951
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
- Note:
- Formerly owned by Dr. Abraham Cohen (London).
Formerly held in the library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside right cover).
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon.
Although identified at the top of the first page as Pesiḳta de-rav Ḳahanah, an inscription at the end of the text refers to it as Pesiḳta rabata. An introduction to the work is found on leaves 186-195.
Foliation: Paper, i (19th-century) + i + 195 + i (19th-century); 1-184, [185-195], contemporary foliation in ink with Hebrew letters upper left recto and with Arabic numerals upper right verso. Gatherings A-H (each 5 bifolia) signed A-H, lower left recto of first leaf.
Layout: Written in 20 lines.
Script: Written in Italian cursive script.
Binding: 19th-century library cloth; almost detached from block, sewing broken; title stamped in ink on spine, Pesikta Rabbathi.
Origin: Written in Castello [Italy?] in 1563.
Colophon: Tam ṿe-nishlam ha-yom Yom 1. koaḥ le-mispar Bene Yiśraʼel shenat 291 poh Ḳaśṭilyo ʻa. y. Shimshon y. ts. ṿ. b.k.r. Gavriʼel a.a.
Byname: London manuscript.
Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924613943503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3j09w657/manifest
- Holding Institution:
