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

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
Heb3
Siglum / Shelfmark
MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11,
Page / Folio range
147r-151v

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
Maase Sendebar
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Source for textual relationship

Languages

Language of text


Digitisation & 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 & Production


Place of Production
Date of Production
1401 - 1450
Source of Date of Production

Physical Description

Material
Total pages / folios
152
Height
225
Width
160
Script style / form
Hebrew letters in Spanish hand
Prose or verse
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

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short TitleHas Sequence NumberHas NarratorHas Name Variation
Leo1SendebarSndbar
Avis – The Bird2  
Turtures3  

Research Material

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