Vat.ebr.232

Descrizione

Date:

1394 (ff. 1-22). early 15th century (ff. 23-44), late 14th century, early 15th century

Beginning date:

1401

Ending date:

1425

Dated Mss:

1394

Collazione:

The outer and inner bifolia of the first quire, a senion, are parchment with a paper folio added at the beginning; in the second quire, a quinion, the outer bifolium was folded and placed at the beginning (f. 14 followed by an unfoliated blank folio that originally was the final folio) (I). Quaternions (II)

Foliazione:

Ff. 1-14, <1>, 15-44

Scrittura:

Byzantine semi-cursive script (I). Sephardic semi-cursive script (II)

Scrittura - Nota:

Ff. 1-22 were copied by Mordecai for his teacher Abraham b. Potito on Sunday, 2 Shevat 5154=1394. The scribe, Mordecai, can be identified as Mordecai b. Eleazar, one of the copyists of MS Escorial G-II-2, a manuscript written for Judah b. Shabbetai (who also took part in the copying) and who also copied MS Oxford, Bodleian Library Mich. 313 for the same owner. Judah b. Shabbetai copied, together with his son, MS Moscow, RSL Guenzburg 968 in Corfu in 1391/2-1403.

Filigrane:

Watermarks similar to Briquet no. 5287 dated 1395 and 1420 (II)

Nota:

Two separate manuscripts bound together: I (ff. 1-14, <1>, 15-22). II (ff. 23-44)

Lingua:

Hebrew.

Alfabeto:

Hebrew.

Colophon:

F. 22r: בראשון בשבת בב' ימים לחדש שבט שנת הקנ"ד לפרט נשלם זה הספר ... על יד לי מרדכי הצעיר וכתבתי למורי ורבי ר' אברהם י"ל בכ"ר פותיטו תנצב"ה.

Origine:

<Corfu?> (I). <Spain or Portugal> (II)

Provenienza:

Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 139

Informazioni amministrative

Fonte:

B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), pp. 169-170.