St Petersburg National Library of Russia EVR I 272
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Heb13 |
| Location | St Petersburg, National Library of Russia (Российская национальная библиотека) |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | EVR I 272 (Firkovich Collection I) |
| Page/Folio range | 1v-9r |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
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| 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 Len. |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Epstein (1967) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Hebrew |
| Regional or specific Language of text | |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000809000205171/NLI#$FL37810600 |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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According to Epstein, this text is fragmentary, and breaks off part of the way through 'Lavator'. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
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| Place of Manuscript Production | |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1494 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | |
| Physical Description | |
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| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 156 |
| Height | 152 |
| Width | 108 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | Prose |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | From Epstein (p. 350):
(1) Mishle Sendebar, 9 fols.; (2) Responsa on ritual slaughter, 8 fols.; (3) History of the birth of Jesus, son of Mary, 1 fol.; (4) Riddles, fables, medical prescriptions, 9 fols.; (5) Eldad the Danite, excerpt, 2 fols.; (6) Hebrew tr. of Aramaic parts of Ezra and Daniel, 48 fols.; (7) Maimonides' commentary on Perek Helek le-Olam ha-Ba, 26 fols.; (8) Selections from Mishnah and Talmud, 10 fols.; (9) Azaave-Azza'el, 8 fols.; (10) Poems of Judah ha-Levi; history of Haman in verse, 6 fols.; (11) Praise of the other world versus adversity of this world, 3 fols.; (12) Aspects of the human character by Abraham ibn Ezra, 3 fols.; (13) Midrash Abba Urin, 1 fol.; (14) Story of Judith, 1 fol.; (15) Parables of hen Sira, 13 fols. |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000809000205171/NLI#$FL37810600 |
| Modern Research Literature | Epstein (1967) |
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