London British Library Or. 16091

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Heb8
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Oriental Manuscripts 16091 (formerly MS Halberstamm-Montefiore no. 113; Hirschfield catalogue no. 500)
Page/Folio range

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)
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_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358
Modern Editions

Note

Hirschfield (p. 155) has again confused the title of this work, calling it 'the travels of Sindbad'. As this text is a direct copy of one of the early printed versions, Epstein calls this manuscript 'totally uninmportant', remarkable only in that 'anyone should wish to copy [it] by hand so late', something which shows both 'the popularity of Mishle Sendebar and the scarcity of printed copies' (p. 347).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Germany
Date of Manuscript Production	1775 - 1825
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Epstein (1967)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height	98.5
Width	140
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358, Hirschfield, Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (1904)
Modern Research Literature	Epstein (1967)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
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