[Sefer ha-seder ha-ḳaṭan] ... [etc.]

Contributor:

Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England) (former owner)

Name:

Avicenna, 980-1037

Timespan:

15th century; Early works to 1800

Date:

1490

Description:

Copies of letters of the Finzi family (f. 1r-12v), including reference to Abraham Cohen or Abraham Arie ben Benjamin Portaleone, possibly also known as Abraham ben David Portaleone, a famous physician of Mantua; homiletical comments on the Biblical story of Joseph (f. 13r-14v); and an anonymous translation from Arabic into Hebrew of an abridgment of Avicenna's Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (Canon), which begins with a list of human limbs and their qualities and proceeds to the middle of the third chapter (f. 15r-19v).

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Jewish scholar and collector S. J. Halberstam, no. 404 (number inscribed in ink, verso of front flyleaf, verso of second flyleaf after manuscript, and label on spine).; Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England), Ms. 468 (label inside upper cover).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of a collection of manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, 27 Oct. 2004, lot 350, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Halberstam, S. J. 1832-1900, former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs469.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000477

Subject:

Joseph (Son of Jacob); Portaleone, Abraham ben David, 1542-1612; Finzi family; Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Medicine; Medicine, Arab; Medicine, Medieval; Jews -- Italy -- History -- 15th century; Jews; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); translations (documents); treatises; abridgements; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

21 leaves : paper; 140 x 108 (f. 1r-14v: 115 x 85 mm; f. 15r-19v: 88 x 58 mm) mm bound to 150 x 113 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript from title supplied for predominant work.; Foliation: Paper, 21; [1-21]; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.; Layout: Written in 28 (f. 1r-14v) and 20 (f. 15r-19v) long lines.; Script: Written in Italian Ashkenazi semi-cursive script, by at least 2 hands (f. 1r-14v, 15r-19v).; Binding: 19th-century marbled boards with cloth spine.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1490.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Hebrew.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 469

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)