Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 100
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Heb16 | ||
| Location | Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Vat. Ebr. 100 | ||
| Page/Folio range | 158r-189v | ||
| 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) | Text Vat. | ||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Epstein (1967) | ||
| Scribe | |||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | Byzantium | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1450 - 1500 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Epstein (1967), Richler (2008) | ||
| 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 | This codex is in two volumes. See Richler's catalogue p. 67 (below) for more details.
I. Ff. 1v–156v:[ברית החדשה. השליחים] New Testament (Four Gospels). Matthew, divided into 54 chapters (ff. 1v–46v), Mark, divided into 16 chapters (ff. 47r–73v), Luke, divided into 25 chapters (ff. 74r–117v) and John divided into 21 chapters (ff. 117v–153r). II. Ff. 157v–158r: [מעשה אשמדאי] Ma5aseh Ashmedai. Midrash on the demon Asmodeus. Ff. 158r–189v: משלי המלך סנדבר Tales of Sendebar. | ||
| Script style/form | |||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 189 | ||
| Height | 147 | ||
| Width | 102 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | |||
| Modern Editions | Epstein, Tales of Sendebar (1967) | ||
| Catalogue | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001132580205171/NLI, Richler, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue (2008) | ||
| Modern Research Literature | Epstein (1967) | ||
Note
Epstein (p. 354) notes: 'Vat. is a remarkable MS. Even though it clearly belongs to Group A, it differs from other members of that group in the order of stories, and, like H.M. and Bud. (and Group B ), lacks the story Gibbosi. Its chief distinction is its overall embellishment and inflation of text. In the story Avis, the cuckold realizes his error in killing the bird. (In this respect, Vat. resembles Auchinleck, the oldest ME Seven Sages of Rome MS.) In the story Turtures, the surviving male dove is so sad that it dies, too. In the story Balneator, the bathkeeper's wife goes back to the palace with the prince and bears him children. In any case Vat. is, from a literary standpoint, the most interesting MS of Mishle Sendebar. Throughout, there is an expansion of dialogue; an (often successful) attempt at motivation, a heightening of color, and a surprising sophistication in exposition. Vat. deserves its own translation.'
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
