Jewish Theological Seminary of America MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11)

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Heb3
Location New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library
Siglum/Shelfmark MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11,
Page/Folio range 147r-151v
Standardised title of narrative משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar)
Incipit or textual title Maase Sendebar
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) Text St.
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Epstein (1967)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Spain
Date of Manuscript Production 1401 - 1450
Source of date Manuscript Production Epstein (1967)
Material Parchment and paper
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 1. Fol. 3r-46v: Mivḥar ha-peninim / Ibn Gabirol. Beginning missing.

2. Fol. 46v-98v: משלי הפילוסופים עם מעשה אניקש המשורר. By Hunayn ibn Ishaq. Translated by Judah Ḥarizi. 3. Fol. 98v-103v: ספר הנפש. Attributed to Galen. 4. Fol. 104v-106r: אגרת המוסר הכללית/ Pseudo-Aristotle. 5. Fol. 106v-110v: חבר אריסטו היוני בחכמת ההנהגה, אגרת קצרה 6. Fol. 111r-124v: מעשים של חסידים. Many of the stories were included in Moses Gaster's Exempla of the Rabbis. 7. Fol. 124v-140r: ספר פניני המליצות 8. Fol. 140v-146v: ספר התפוח / Pseudo-Aristotle. 9. Fol. 147r-152v: משלי סנדבאר. Called מעשה סנדבאר in the ms.

Total pages/folios in Manuscript 152
Height 225
Width 160
Illustrations No
Digitisation https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001038010205171/NLI#$FL157339216
Modern Editions
Catalogue https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001038010205171/NLI#$FL157339216https://makor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01JTS_INST/ne9ig6/alma990000715750107706
Modern Research Literature Epstein (1967)
General Notes (Internal)

Note

Text is incomplete; according to Epstein, the narrative breaks off in the middle of the story 'Catula'. Additionally, the names of the Sages are unusual: they are given (transliterated) as Sndbar, Biars, Alpbin, Likman, Aristotlis, Bindi, and Amri, with 'Biars' in particular very unlike the corresponding sages names in the other Hebrew texts.

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Leo1SendebarSndbar
Avis2
Turtures3
Catula4