Vat.ebr.44.pt.2
Manuscript information
- Resource type:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Vat.ebr.
- Shelfmark:
- Vat.ebr.44.pt.2
- Library:
- Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- Date:
- 14th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301
- Ending date:
- 1400
- Support:
- Oriental paper.
- Height:
- 257
- Width:
- 170
- Extent:
- 193-384 ff.
Description
- Date:
- 14th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301
- Ending date:
- 1400
- Collation:
- Reconstructed quires.
- Writing:
- Byzantine, Oriental and Sephardic semi-cursive scripts.
- Writing - Note:
- Most of the manuscript was copied by one Byzantine hand on Oriental paper of two-grouped chain lines. Ff. 320r-329r and 357v, line 21 to the end of f. 384r were copied by an Oriental hand, while the last 7 lines of f. 347r to f. 357v, line 20 were copied by a Sephardic hand.
- General note:
- On f. 384r a partly torn bill of sale of the manuscript, but none of the identifying details are extant.
- Other name:
- Ḳapsali, Eliyahu ben Elḳanah, m. c. 1555 [owner]
Fugger, Ulrich, 1526-1584 [owner] - Language:
- Hebrew.
- Alphabet:
- Hebrew.
- Origin:
- <Byzantium>.
- Provenance:
- Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 61. V. ms Vat.ebr.44.pt.1.
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), pp. 29-31.
Parts of this manuscript
193r-289v
[מדרש תנחומא], and Midrash Tanḥuma.
- Locus:
- 193r-289v
- Supplied title:
- [מדרש תנחומא], and Midrash Tanḥuma.
- Uniform title:
- Midrash Tanḥuma
- General note:
- [מדרש תנחומא] Midrash Tanḥuma. (v. ms Vat.ebr.44.pt.1)., At the end of Leviticus (f. 197r) the scribe included a passage mentioning two names that had probably been inserted into the exemplar he had copied from. The names, perhaps those of previous scribes or owners, are David b. Meir ha-Kohen Mintzburg[?] and Aaron ha-Kohen the "ḥazzan" of Sakhnin[!] כוס ישועות לא נאמר אלא ישועות אחת של משיח בן דוד שיבוא בימי דוד בר מאיר הכהן מצנברק [מינצברק?] ובימי ר' אהרן הכהן הכהן[!] החזן מסכנין עם חברים כל ישראל אמן ואמן (cf. E.E. Urbach, שרידי תנחומא - ילמדנו "Kobez Al Yad", n.s. vi, 1966, p. 6, note 30)., On f. 254r in a gloss inserted into the text the name of Nehemiah b. Isaac is mentioned וזה היחס אזן ותקן וחקר נחמיה בן יצחק מיוחס לפרשת פנחס., and On f. 289v another hand added alternative divisions according to a different rite for most of the pericopes in Genesis (until "Mi-Keẓ"), for "Mishpatim" and "Niẓẓavim".
- 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), pp. 29-30.
291r-295v
קטעאת אל תורה
- Locus:
- 291r-295v
- Title:
- קטעאת אל תורה
- Summary:
- Division of the portions of the Torah recited in the Sabbath morning and afternoon prayers for each of the weekly pericopes.
- Explicit text:
- כמלת קטעאת אל סדרים
- General note:
- The last verse in each portion is quoted.
- 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. 30.
295r-298v
[מסכת שמחות דר' חייא], and Massekhet Semaḥot de-Rabbi Ḥiyya.
- Locus:
- 295r-298v
- Supplied title:
- [מסכת שמחות דר' חייא], and Massekhet Semaḥot de-Rabbi Ḥiyya.
- Uniform title:
- Talmud. Semaḥot
- General note:
- [מסכת שמחות דר' חייא] "Massekhet Semaḥot de-Rabbi Ḥiyya". One of the Minor Tractates of the Talmud. The beginning is missing and the scribe began copying only from the middle of chapter i (paragraph 4 in the editions).
- 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. 30.
298v-302v
וזה מעשה תורה שנאמרה על ידי רבינו הקדוש ז"ל.
- Locus:
- 298v-302v
- Title:
- וזה מעשה תורה שנאמרה על ידי רבינו הקדוש ז"ל.
- Supplied title:
- Maʿaseh Torah.
- Uniform title:
- Maʻaśeh Torah
- Incipit text:
- 'שער ראשון שלשה פעמים בכל יום הכרוז יוצא ואומ
- General note:
- וזה מעשה תורה שנאמרה על ידי רבינו הקדוש ז"ל. "Ma5aseh Torah". Midrash attributed to Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi presenting lists of ethical sayings arranged by numbers ("three things", "four things", etc.). End missing; extends only until the beginning of number seven.
- 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. 30.
303r-304v
[מעשה רבי יהושע בן לוי]. and Maʿaseh Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi.
- Locus:
- 303r-304v
- Supplied title:
- [מעשה רבי יהושע בן לוי]. and Maʿaseh Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi.
- Incipit text:
- להם לכו ובדקו אחריו אם נשבע קודם זה
- General note:
- [מעשה רבי יהושע בן לוי] "Maʿaseh Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi". Midrash on Rabbi Joshua b. Levi. A few lines missing at the beginning. Begins in the middle of a sentence להם לכו ובדקו אחריו אם נשבע קודם זה.
- 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. 30.
304v-322v
אתחיל לכתוב ספר בן סירא.
- Locus:
- 304v-322v
- Title:
- אתחיל לכתוב ספר בן סירא.
- Summary:
- One of the redactions of the medieval pseudo-Ben Sira.
- General note:
- "The Alphabet of Ben Sira" was copied after the dialogue with the teacher (ff. 306v-310v).
- 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. 30.
323r
Epigrams
- Locus:
- 323r
- Supplied title:
- Epigrams
- Summary:
- Twenty-two epigrams, most of them beginning with the word אם.
- General note:
- The first epigram reads: אם אלף חכמות מחוכמות צמודיך לאחת מהם אל תגלה סודיך.
- 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. 30.
323r-324v
נתחיל בצורת הולד.
- Locus:
- 323r-324v
- Title:
- נתחיל בצורת הולד.
- Supplied title:
- Yeẓirat ha-Velad.
- Summary:
- Midrash on conception and birth.
- Incipit text:
- האיש מזריע לובן והאשה מזרעת אדום
- 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. 30.
324v-355v
מדרש משלי. משלי שלמה.
- Locus:
- 324v-355v
- Title:
- מדרש משלי. משלי שלמה.
- Supplied title:
- Midrash Proverbs.
- Uniform title:
- Midrash Mishle
- 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. 30.
356r-357v
Perek Kinyan Torah, and Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah.
- Locus:
- 356r-357v
- Supplied title:
- Perek Kinyan Torah, and Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah.
- Uniform title:
- Mishnah. Abot VI and Midrash Rabbah. Ecclesiastes
- Summary:
- Extracts from talmudic and midrashic sources.
- General note:
- Includes the first Mishnah of "Perek Kinyan Torah" (f. 356r) and "Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah" vii:18–20 (ff. 356r–357v).
- 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. 30.
357v-374v
פרוש אבות.
- Locus:
- 357v-374v
- Title:
- פרוש אבות.
- Supplied title:
- Avot de-Rabbi Nathan.
- Uniform title:
- Talmud. Abot de-Rabi Nathan
- General note:
- פרוש אבות "Avot de-Rabbi Nathan", (Version A).
- 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. 31.
375r-383v
זואיד אלמקרא ונואקצהא
- Locus:
- 375r-383v
- Title:
- זואיד אלמקרא ונואקצהא
- Summary:
- A midrash on "plene" and defective spellings and other masoretic features in the Bible.
- General note:
- The text is in Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic.
- 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. 31.
383v
A query and responsum on philosophic questions
- Locus:
- 383v
- Supplied title:
- A query and responsum on philosophic questions
- Incipit text:
- מסלאה אדא כאן אלבארי: סאבק אלאמור ואלעלים פי עלם אלאשאיא[!] קבל כונהא
- General note:
- In Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic.
- 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. 31.
384r-v
קחה דודי שמנה מחמשה ותמצא שם באותיותיו שלשה, and קוראי מגלה הם ירננו לאל.
- Locus:
- 384r-v
- Title:
- קחה דודי שמנה מחמשה ותמצא שם באותיותיו שלשה, and קוראי מגלה הם ירננו לאל.
- Supplied title:
- Piyyut for Purim.
- Summary:
- Riddles and verses.
- Incipit text:
- מרשות מלך מלכיא ומרי מריא אלה רב וגבר על כל גברייא (f. 384v)
- General note:
- Riddles and verses. Includes קחה דודי שמנה מחמשה ותמצא שם באותיותיו שלשה, a riddle on the name Moses משה similar to Abraham ibn Ezra ̓s שמנה בהסירך מחמשה, ibn Ezra ̓s בראש השם שנים עם שנים and אמור מה שם צבי נכבד and Judah ha-Levi ̓s אשר ידידים למדו דתנו. A later hand added ibn Ezra ̓s "piyyut" for Purim קוראי מגלה הם ירננו לאל (f. 384r) and a prayer in Aramaic beginning מרשות מלך מלכיא ומרי מריא אלה רב וגבר על כל גברייא (f. 384v).
- Language:
- Hebrew.
- Alphabet:
- Hebrew.