Igeret orḥot ʻolam ... etc.. (DS733) (Q3927)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958289873503681, LJS 499)
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Igeret orḥot ʻolam ... etc.. (DS733)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958289873503681, LJS 499)

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    Igeret orḥot ʻolam ... etc..
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    Farissol, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1451-approximately 1525
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    Geography--Early works to 1800
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    Chess--Early works to 1800
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    Jewish diaspora--Early works to 1800
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    Early works to 1800
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    Extent: 36 leaves : paper ; 197 x 143 (130 x 92) mm bound to 206 x 153 mm
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    Collation: Paper, i + 36 + i; 1-3¹⁰ 4⁶. Catchwords on most leaves (f. 2-33), lower left verso.
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    The author and his scribal workshop, but not this manuscript, are discussed in Engel, Edna. "Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol: Sephardi tradition of book making in northern Italy of the Renaissance period." In Jewish Art 18 (1992), 149-167.
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    Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant work (Sotheby's).
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    Origin: Written in northern Italy, probably Ferrara, after 1525 (Edna Engel).
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    Binding: Modern morocco, blind-tooled, over pasteboards.
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    Ms. codex.
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    Decoration: Diagram of 6 stars and 16 symbols resembling the letter S, with a caption explaining that they represent stars and lines in the sky in the New World (f. 32v); decorative additions in the outer margins of the early leaves of the manuscript, including several manicules (f. 1r-12v).
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    Script: Written in Italian semi-cursive Hebrew script by Joseph ben Abraham Finzi di Legnago (Fabrizio Lelli), with a note and drawing in the hand of the author (f. 32v, according to Edna Engel), and a brief work added at the end of the manuscript in a later hand (f. 35r-36r).
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    Layout: Written in 30 long lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines.
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    Purchased by Lawrence J. Schoenberg, 2012.
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    Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's, 10 Jul. 2012, lot 28.
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    Ownership inscriptions: Gui Senicano [?], Dalmatia, 1587 (front flyleaf, recto); Domino Jacomo, Gramaldi, Zamaria Razzaro, Zaliman (back flyleaf, verso).
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    Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
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    27 August 2023
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    27 August 2023
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