Jerusalem, National Library of Israel Ms. 2087=28

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Heb27
Location Jerusalem, National Library of Israel
Siglum/Shelfmark Ms. 2087=28
Page/Folio range 7v-21r
Textual Content and Tradition
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
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition
Languages
Language of text Hebrew
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000415810205171/NLI#$FL78756990
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Safed, Israel
Date of Manuscript Production 1721
Source of Date of Manuscript Production https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000415810205171/NLI#$FL78756990
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 51
Height 170
Width 100
Script style/form Sephardic
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and 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 and Research Literature
Catalogue https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000415810205171/NLI#$FL78756990
Modern Research Literature
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript