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Selected Manuscripts from the "Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project"

Vat.ebr.249

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.ebr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.ebr.249
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
Mid-late 15th century
Support:
Paper
Height:
218
Width:
148
Extent:
335 ff.
Exhibit Tags:
Biblical commentaryCapsali David

Description

Date:
mid-late 15th century
Writing:
Byzantine semi-cursive scripts
General note:
Six different units bound together. and I (ff.1-35). II (ff.36-52). III (ff. 53-143). IV (ff. 144-259). V (ff. 260-301). VI (ff. 302-331).
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Origin:
<Candia?>
Provenance:
Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 103.

Administrative information

Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 184.

Parts of this manuscript

3r-33v

Zekharyah ben Mosheh, Responses to Moses b. Naḥman's critiques of Moses b. Maimon's and Abraham ibn Ezra's explanations of passages in the Pentateuch

Overview:
I (ff. <1–3> + 1–26, <2>, 27–34)
Locus:
3r-33v
Author:
Zekharyah ben Mosheh, ha-Kohen [person]
Supplied title:
Responses to Moses b. Naḥman's critiques of Moses b. Maimon's and Abraham ibn Ezra's explanations of passages in the Pentateuch
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 184.

34r

Ashkenazi, Daṿid Note on the notion of prophecy in Moses b. Maimon's Guide of the Perplexed, part III, chapter 7

Overview:
I (ff. <1–3> + 1–26, <2>, 27–34)
Locus:
34r
Author:
Ashkenazi, Daṿid [person]
Supplied title:
Note on the notion of prophecy in Moses b. Maimon's Guide of the Perplexed, part III, chapter 7
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 184-185.

35v

Yehudah ben Ḥabib Medical recipe and a short note

Overview:
I (ff. <1–3> + 1–26, <2>, 27–34)
Locus:
35v
Author:
Yehudah ben Ḥabib [person]
Supplied title:
Medical recipe and a short note
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 185.

36v-52v

Yom Ṭov ben Avraham, ספר הזכרון

Overview:
II (ff. 36–52)
Locus:
36v-52v
Author:
Yom Ṭov ben Avraham, ha-Ishbili, c. 1250-c. 1330 [person]
Title:
ספר הזכרון
Supplied title:
Sefer ha-Zikkaron
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 185.

53v-143r

Elʻazar ben Matityah Supercommentary on Abraham ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch and [פירוש על פירוש התורה לראב"ע מאת אלעזר בן מתתיה]

Overview:
III (ff. 53–143)
Locus:
53v-143r
Author:
Elʻazar ben Matityah [person]
Supplied title:
Supercommentary on Abraham ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch and [פירוש על פירוש התורה לראב"ע מאת אלעזר בן מתתיה]
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 185.

144v-191r

Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, Shulḥan arbaʿ and שלחן של ארבע ... חברו החכם רבי' בחיי ז"ל ב"ר אשר אבן חלאוה זלה"ה

Overview:
IV (ff. 144–259)
Locus:
144v-191r
Author:
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, m. 1340 [person]
Title:
Shulḥan arbaʿ and שלחן של ארבע ... חברו החכם רבי' בחיי ז"ל ב"ר אשר אבן חלאוה זלה"ה
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 186.

196r-254v

Rashi, Commentary on the haftarot and [פירוש ההפטרות לרש"י]

Overview:
IV (ff. 144–259)
Locus:
196r-254v
Author:
Rashi, 1040-1105 [person]
Supplied title:
Commentary on the haftarot and [פירוש ההפטרות לרש"י]
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 186.

260r-301r

מדרש חזית

Overview:
V (ff. 260–301)
Locus:
260r-301r
Title:
מדרש חזית
Supplied title:
Midrash rabbah. Shir ha-shirim
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 186.

302r-319v

Elʻazar ben Matityah Homiletic explanations of various secrets

Overview:
VI (ff. 302–331)
Locus:
302r-319v
Author:
Elʻazar ben Matityah [person]
Supplied title:
Homiletic explanations of various secrets
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 186.

319v-331v

ש עשרת הדברות

Locus:
319v-331v
Title:
ש עשרת הדברות
Supplied title:
Midrash ʿaśeret ha-dibrot
Language:
Hebrew
Alphabet:
Hebrew
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 186.