British Library Or. 16091
From Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Heb8 | ||
| Location | London, British Library | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Oriental Manuscripts 16091 (formerly MS Halberstamm-Montefiore no. 113; Hirschfield catalogue no. 500) | ||
| Page/Folio range | |||
| Standardised title of narrative | משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar) | ||
| Incipit or textual title | |||
| Version (siglum) | Mishle Sendebar | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | Hebrew Mishle Sendebar | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Hebrew Group A | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Epstein (1967) | ||
| Scribe | |||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | Germany | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1775 - 1825 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Epstein (1967) | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | Hebrew | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Prose or Verse | Prose | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | |||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |||
| Height | 98.5 | ||
| Width | 140 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358 | ||
| Modern Editions | |||
| Catalogue | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358, Hirschfield, Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (1904) | ||
| Modern Research Literature | Epstein (1967) | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | |||
Note
Hirschfield (p. 155) has again confused the title of this work, calling it 'the travels of Sindbad'.
As this text is a direct copy of one of the early printed versions, Epstein calls this manuscript 'totally uninmportant', remarkable only in that 'anyone should wish to copy [it] by hand so late', something which shows both 'the popularity of Mishle Sendebar and the scarcity of printed copies' (p. 347).
