Hebrew Group A

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Hebrew Group A forms the basis of most scholarship on Mishle Sendebar prior to Morris Epstein's 1967 study. The editions and translations by Cassel (1888) and Habermann (1946) rely on Group A texts, many of which are closely related to - or copies of - the 1516 Constantinople print, found in Divre ha-Yamim shel Moshe Rabbenu. Constantinople: R. Samuel Ibn Naamias, 1516.

Unlike the Oxford manuscripts that make up Group B, Group A does not include the embedded stories Jusjurandum, Fur et Luna, or Ingenia. Instead, Group A includes Gibbosi and Senex Caecus prior to the empress's last story.

General Information
Language within Version	Hebrew
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
Child Versions	Hebrew Prints
Author
Title	משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Mishle Sendebar
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	East

Language & Composition
Original language of version
Translated into (languages)	German (High and Low German), French, Arabic, English
Place of composition
Date of composition	1295
Source for date of composition	Epstein (1967)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Epstein (1967)
Modern Editions	Cassel, Mischle Sindbad (Hebrew, with translation into German) (1888), Habermann, Mishle Sindbad (1946)

Recorded branch of this secondary version
Mishle Sendebar Hebrew Mishle Sendebar Hebrew Group A Hebrew Prints Hebrew Group B Latin Mishle Sendebar

Connected prints
Print Language Location Date of Print Divre ha-Yamim shel Moshe Rabbenu. Constantinople: R. Samuel Ibn Naamias, 1516 Hebrew 1516 JL

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Mishle Sendebar
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Languages in Use
Language of text	Hebrew
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Leo 1 First Master   Avis – The Bird 2 First Master   Lavator 3 Empress   Turtures 4 Second Master   Canicula 5 Second Master   Striga and Fons – The Witch and the Fountain 6 Empress   Canis – The Faithful Dog 7 Third Master   Pallium 8 Third Master   Simia 9 Empress   Panes 10 Fourth Master   Zuchara 11 Fourth Master   Aper – The Boar and the Fruit 12 Empress   Balneator 13 Fifth Master   Gladius – The Drawn Sword 14 Fifth Master   Absalom Rebellus 15 Empress   Absalom Mortuus 16 Sixth Master   Nomina 17 Sixth Master   Iuvenis Femina 18 Seventh Master   Gibbosi 19 Seventh Master   Senex Caecus 20     Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production British Library Harley 5449 Hebrew London, British Library 1601 - 1700 Budapest Jewish Theological Seminary University Library Ms. K 59 Hebrew Budapest, Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies Library 1400 - 1500 Cincinnati Hebrew Union College Library Ms. 598 Hebrew Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College Library 1750 - 1850 Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 100 Hebrew Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 1450 - 1500 Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 271 Hebrew Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 1375 - 1425 Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek B. H. 27 Hebrew Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek 1619 Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek B. H. 34 Hebrew, Latin Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek 1650 - 1700 London British Library Or. 16091 Hebrew London, British Library 1775 - 1825 London Montefiore H486 Hebrew London, Montefiore Library 1758 New York Jewish Theological Seminary of America MS 2374 (Steinschneider 11) Hebrew New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library 1401 - 1450 New York Jewish Theological Seminary of America MS 4879 (Steinschneider 33) Hebrew Aramaic New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library 1709 New York Jewish Theological Seminary of America MS 8502 Judeo-Italian New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library 1660 - 1661 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Hébreu 1282 Hebrew Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1350 - 1500 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Hébreu 675 Hebrew Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1605 - 1700 Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 2291 Hebrew Parma, Biblioteca Palatina 1450 - 1500 Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 2294 Hebrew Parma, Biblioteca Palatina 1525 - 1575 Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 2457 Hebrew Parma, Biblioteca Palatina 1300 - 1400 St Petersburg National Library of Russia EVR I 272 Hebrew St Petersburg, National Library of Russia (Российская национальная библиотека) 1494 Turin Biblioteca Nazionale MS 218 A VII (lost) Hebrew 1400 - 1500