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

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Heb3
Location	New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11,
Page/Folio range	147r-151v

Textual Content and Tradition
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)

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_ALEPH990001038010205171/NLI#$FL157339216
Modern Editions

Note
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 and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Spain
Date of Manuscript Production	1401 - 1450
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Epstein (1967)

Physical Description
Material	Parchment, Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	152
Height	225
Width	160
Script style/form	Hebrew letters in Spanish hand
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and 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 and 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)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript