University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1052

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DS ID:

DS876

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1052

Title:

Hebrew Bible.

Place:

Modena?, Italy

Modena TGN

Date:

[1480?]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 398 leaves : parchment ; 214 x 144 (176 x 118 with commentary, 124 x 94 Bible text only) mm bound to 215 x 158 mm

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of: Yarnall Collection.
Ms. codex.
Collation: Parchment, 398; 1¹⁰(-1), 2-39¹⁰, 40¹⁰(-1); [1-398]; contemporary foliation, upper left recto, mostly trimmed away and only occasionally visible; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto. Catchwords on the last verso of each gathering.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines; ruled in faint ink; commentary surrounds Bible text.
Script: Square letters with vocalization.
Decoration: Ornamental penwork around some catchwords.
Binding: Contemporary stamped morocco.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Modena, circa 1480 (Yarnall Library catalog).
Formerly owned by the Yarnall Library of Theology, St. Clement's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); acquired by the Yarnall Library before 1933.
Ownership note at beginning of text suggests that the manuscript was owned by a descendant of Nehemiah of Modena (f. 1r). Another note, difficult to read, follows the Bible text, and may include the signature Abraham Judah, son of Yehiel of Camerino (f. 396r).
Deposited with the Yarnall Library of Theology at the University of Pennsylvania, 1974.

Keyword:

glossed Bibles

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Bibles

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Bible. Old Testament

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940242833503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37m04495/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania