Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 271
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Heb20 |
| Location | Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Vat. Ebr. 271 |
| Page/Folio range | 27v-32r |
| 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) | |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Richler (2008) |
| 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 | |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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Note: not found in Epstein's study. Given the brevity of this version of Mishle Sendebar (5 folios), it may be incomplete, and is in need of further study. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | Samson the scribe |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1375 - 1425 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Richler (2008) |
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Material | Parchment |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 41 |
| Height | 286 |
| Width | 210 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | From Richler (2008), p. 200-201:
1. Ff. 1r–17v: מחזיק אמונה לבן יאיר Mahzik Emunah by Mordecai b. Yehosephah. Polemical treatise against the convert Pablo Christiani in the 13th century. 2. Ff. 18r–27v: חכמתא דבן סירא The medieval pseudo-Ben Sira. First edition Constantinople 1519. Used for variant readings by E. Yassif, The Tales of Ben Sira in the Middle Ages (Jerusalem 1984) [in Hebrew]. 3. Ff. 27v–32r: משלי דסנדבאר Tales of Sendebar. 4. Ff. 32r–38r: Midrash based on lists arranged by numbers. 5. F. 38r–v: שמע מיני רפואות הגויה Judah al-Harizi's poem on hygiene, Refu6at ha-Geviah. 6. Ff. 38v–40v: חיי עולם Sefer Hayye Olam or Sefer ha-Yirah attributed in the editions to Jonah b. Abraham Gerondi. |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | Richler, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue (2008), https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000573230205171/NLI |
| Modern Research Literature | |
| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript | |
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