Jerusalem, National Library of Israel Ms. 2087=28

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
Heb27
Siglum / Shelfmark
Ms. 2087=28
Page / Folio range
7v-21r

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
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Languages

Language of text


Digitisation & Editions


Authorship & Production


Place of Production
Date of Production
1721

Physical Description

Material
Total pages / folios
51
Height
170
Width
100
Script style / form
Sephardic
Prose or verse
Illustrations
No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript
Translated from NLI catalogue:
  • Folios 1a–7a: Sefer Tuviah (beginning is missing).
  • Folios 7b–21a: The Fables of Sendebar (Mashlei Sendebar).
  • Folios 22a–31b: Kol Mevaser by Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah Akrish (partially incomplete at the end).
  • Folios 35a–51a: The Tale of Rabbi Yosef della Reina.
  • Folios 32a–33a: A later addition, historical events written in 1813 (Hebrew year תקע"ג), with the number of years since they occurred.
  • Folios 32a, 34a: A death record: "My lord and uncle Levi Toledano passed away... in 1813 in Gibraltar."
  • Folio 51b: Written in Ashkenazic script, notes on grammatical deficiencies.

Catalogues & Research Literature

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Research Material

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