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)

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar)

Version (siglum)

Mishle Sendebar

Language Group within Version

Hebrew Mishle Sendebar

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Hebrew Group A

Source for textual relationship

Epstein (1967)

Languages

Language of text

Hebrew

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001870770205171/NLI#$FL79428358

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 & Production

Place of Production

Germany

Date of Production

1775 - 1825

Source of Date of Production

Epstein (1967)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Height

98.5

Width

140

Illustrations

No

Catalogues & 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)

Research Material

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