Jerusalem, National Library of Israel Ms. 3935=8

Manuscript
Reference Number	Heb28
Location	Jerusalem, National Library of Israel
Siglum/Shelfmark	Ms. 3935=8
Page/Folio range	100r-110v
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
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Scribe	Azariah ben Moses dei Rossi
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Mantua, Italia
Date of Manuscript Production	1531
Source of date Manuscript Production	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Material
Language of Manuscript	Hebrew
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse	Prose
Other texts in the Manuscript	Translated from NLI catalogue: Prophecy of the Child (fol. 1a–5a): From the writings of Rabbi Abraham ben Eliezer HaLevi, including astrology, end-of-days calculations, and solar and lunar eclipses, largely based on Abraham Zacuto. Letter on the Ten Lost Tribes (fol. 5a–7b): Published partially in 1528 in Jerusalem and later in full. Commentary on the Prophecies of Nachman (fol. 8a–51a): Ends with a note that it was completed in Jerusalem on Sunday, 13 Nisan, 1517. The Alphabet of Ben Sira (fol. 51a–69a): Second version with twelve additional riddles. Sefer Sha'ashuim (fol. 69a–99a): By Rabbi Yosef ibn Zabara. Mashlei Sendebar (fol. 100a–110b): The Fables of Sendebar. Discussions on women (fol. 111a–115a): Includes Soneh Nashim by Avraham Mesarotiano, Ozer Nashim, responses by Avigdor of Fano, and others. Laws of Slaughter and Treif Animals (fol. 115b–117a): Written in verse. Ma’on HaSho’alim (fol. 118a–121b): Extracted from Mikdash Me’at by Moses ben Isaac of Marietta. Hanhagat HaBriyut (fol. 122a–122b): Includes guidance on health, parts of Refu'at HaGuf, and a treatise on the human body by Judah Al-Harizi. Even Bochan (fol. 123a–169a): By Kalonymus ben Kalonymus.
Script style/form	Italian cursive
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	169
Height	190
Width	140
Illustrations	No
Digitisation	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Modern Editions
Catalogue	https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000427250205171/NLI#$FL56325161
Modern Research Literature