Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 2291
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Heb11 |
| Location | Parma, Biblioteca Palatina |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Parm. 2291 (De Rossi 1049) |
| Page/Folio range | 16v-22c |
| 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 | Epstein (1967) |
| 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 | https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000790290205171/NLI#$FL15117114 |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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The version of Mishle Sendebar contained here is partially fragmentary; Epstein notes, 'the MS is defective, breaking off on fol. 6r after the fifth line, in the middle of the story Gibbosi, and picking up four lines from the foot of the page. A note in the margin on fol. 6 r indicates that the copyist had a defective MS before him but was aware that the gap was not too great" (p. 349). Other than that, it is 'almost identical' to the earliest printed edition, Con 1516 (Richler 2001, p. 408). Given its similarity, Epstein suggests this may be a source for Con 1516. On dating, Richler notes: 'watermarks similar to Briquet no. 4745, dated 1482' (p. 408). |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1450 - 1500 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Richler (2001) |
| Physical Description | |
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| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 22 |
| Height | 213 |
| Width | 141 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | From Richler (2001):
1. F. 2r: אלההחרוזיםעשהר׳שמואלכשמהאישאיששאמרו שהואהיהעניוהיהמספדעלעצמו Poem by Samuel on the merits of wisdom versus riches. 2. Ff. 3r-15r: ספרזרחהנקראמנחתיהודההמכונהשונא Judah הנשים b. Isaac ibn Shabbetai's satirical maqama on women, Minhat Yehudah Sone ha-Nashim. 3. Ff. 16v-22v: משליסנדבד Tales of Sendebar |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | Richler, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma: Catalogue (2001), https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000790290205171/NLI#$FL15117114 |
| Modern Research Literature | Epstein (1967) |
| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript | |
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