Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 271

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Heb20
Location Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Siglum/Shelfmark Vat. Ebr. 271
Page/Folio range 27v-32r
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 Richler (2008)
Scribe Samson the scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1375 - 1425
Source of date Manuscript Production Richler (2008)
Material Parchment
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 From Richler (2008), p. 200-201:

1. Ff. 1r–17v: מחזיק אמונה לבן יאיר Mahzik Emunah by Mordecai b. Yehosephah. Polemical treatise against the convert Pablo Christiani in the 13th century.

2. Ff. 18r–27v: חכמתא דבן סירא The medieval pseudo-Ben Sira. First edition Constantinople 1519. Used for variant readings by E. Yassif, The Tales of Ben Sira in the Middle Ages (Jerusalem 1984) [in Hebrew].

3. Ff. 27v–32r: משלי דסנדבאר Tales of Sendebar.

4. Ff. 32r–38r: Midrash based on lists arranged by numbers.

5. F. 38r–v: שמע מיני רפואות הגויה Judah al-Harizi's poem on hygiene, Refu6at ha-Geviah.

6. Ff. 38v–40v: חיי עולם Sefer Hayye Olam or Sefer ha-Yirah attributed in the editions to Jonah b. Abraham Gerondi.

Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 41
Height 286
Width 210
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Catalogue Richler, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue (2008)https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000573230205171/NLI
Modern Research Literature

Note

Note: not found in Epstein's study.