New York Jewish Theological Seminary of America MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11)

Text is incomplete; according to Epstein, the narrative breaks off in the middle of the story 'Catula'/Canicula. 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.

Authorship & Production

Place of Production

Spain

Date of Production

1401 - 1450

Source of Date of Production

Epstein (1967)

Physical Description

Material

Parchment, Paper

Total pages / folios

152

Height

225

Width

160

Script style / form

Hebrew letters in Spanish hand

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

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.
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.
8. Fol. 140v-146v: ספר התפוח / Pseudo-Aristotle.
9. Fol. 147r-152v: משלי סנדבאר. Called מעשה סנדבאר in the ms.

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001038010205171/NLI#$FL157339216, https://makor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01JTS_INST/ne9ig6/alma990000715750107706

Modern Research Literature

Epstein (1967)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Leo	1	Sendebar	Sndbar
Avis – The Bird	2
Turtures	3

Research Material

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