London British Library Or. 16091

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Heb8
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Oriental Manuscripts 16091 (formerly MS Halberstamm-Montefiore no. 113; Hirschfield catalogue no. 500)
Page/Folio range
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 Hebrew Group A
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Epstein (1967)
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_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358
Modern Editions
Note

Hirschfield (p. 155) has again confused the title of this work, calling it 'the travels of Sindbad'.

As this text is a direct copy of one of the early printed versions, Epstein calls this manuscript 'totally uninmportant', remarkable only in that 'anyone should wish to copy [it] by hand so late', something which shows both 'the popularity of Mishle Sendebar and the scarcity of printed copies' (p. 347).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1775 - 1825
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Epstein (1967)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 98.5
Width 140
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358Hirschfield, Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (1904)
Modern Research Literature Epstein (1967)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript