Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Hébreu 1282

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Heb1
Location Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark Hébreu 1282 (previously a. f. 510)
Page/Folio range 1r-18v (pp. 1-36)
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) Text Bi.
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 Epstein (1967)
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546808z
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Spain
Date of Manuscript Production 1350 - 1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Epstein (1967)
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 257
Height 144
Width 100
Script style/form Ashkenazi
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • P. 1-36 : Mishle Sindbar, משלי סנדבר
  • P. 37: Midraš ʾel yithalal, מדרש אל יתהלל
  • P. 38-218: Kalīlah wDimnah, כלילה ודמנה (Hebrew) - title written in Arabic letters
  • P. 218-233 and 253-257: Juda ben Benjamin Anav, rabbinical consultations on the rules of ritual animal slaughter
  • P. 237-252: Laws of ritual slaughter
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc4466c?collect
Modern Research Literature Epstein (1967)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript