Jerusalem, National Library of Israel Ms. 3935=8
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Heb28
Siglum / Shelfmark
Ms. 3935=8
Page / Folio range
100r-110v
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Source for textual relationship
Languages
Language of text
Digitisation & Editions
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1531
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Total pages / folios
169
Height
190
Width
140
Script style / form
Italian cursive
Prose or verse
Illustrations
No
Contents & 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 & Research Literature
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