Jerusalem, National Library of Israel Ms. 3935=8

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Heb28
Location Jerusalem, National Library of Israel
Siglum/Shelfmark Ms. 3935=8
Page/Folio range 100r-110v
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 https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Languages
Language of text Hebrew
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe Azariah ben Moses dei Rossi
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Mantua, Italia
Date of Manuscript Production 1531
Source of Date of Manuscript Production https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 169
Height 190
Width 140
Script style/form Italian cursive
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Translated from NLI catalogue:
  • Prophecy of the Child (fol. 1a–5a): From the writings of Rabbi Abraham ben Eliezer HaLevi, including astrology, end-of-days calculations, and solar and lunar eclipses, largely based on Abraham Zacuto.
  • Letter on the Ten Lost Tribes (fol. 5a–7b): Published partially in 1528 in Jerusalem and later in full.
  • Commentary on the Prophecies of Nachman (fol. 8a–51a): Ends with a note that it was completed in Jerusalem on Sunday, 13 Nisan, 1517.
  • The Alphabet of Ben Sira (fol. 51a–69a): Second version with twelve additional riddles.
  • Sefer Sha'ashuim (fol. 69a–99a): By Rabbi Yosef ibn Zabara.
  • Mishle Sendebar (fol. 100a–110b): The Fables of Sendebar.
  • Discussions on women (fol. 111a–115a): Includes Soneh Nashim by Avraham Mesarotiano, Ozer Nashim, responses by Avigdor of Fano, and others.
  • Laws of Slaughter and Treif Animals (fol. 115b–117a): Written in verse.
  • Ma’on HaSho’alim (fol. 118a–121b): Extracted from Mikdash Me’at by Moses ben Isaac of Marietta.
  • Hanhagat HaBriyut (fol. 122a–122b): Includes guidance on health, parts of Refu'at HaGuf, and a treatise on the human body by Judah Al-Harizi.
  • Even Bochan (fol. 123a–169a): By Kalonymus ben Kalonymus.
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Modern Research Literature
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