114 leaves : 227 x 165 (162 x 85) mm. bound to 235 x 170 mmPaper, 114; 1³ 2-9¹² 10³; catchwords on last versos of gatherings 2, 4, and 7 (f. 15v, 39v, 75v); foliation in Hebrew numerals in ink, 1-107 (beginning on f. 4), upper left recto; [1-114], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.Written in 26-28 long lines.Written in Italian cursive Hebrew script, in the hand of Abraham ben Meshullam of Sant'Angelo.Small diagrams and/or tables (f. 1v, 2v, 63r, 89r, 102v, 105v).Diagram, f. 1vTable, f. 2vDiagram, f. 2vStamp, f. 3rStamp, f. 22rTable, f. 63rTable, f. 89rDiagram, f. 102vTable, f. 105vStamp, f. 114v
Contemporary (16th-century) morocco, gilt- and blind-tooled strapwork.
Written in Siena (f. 10r, 18v) in 1533 (f. 10r, 18v, 90r).
1533SienaFormerly owned by Italian philologist, poet, and biblical exegete Samuel David Luzzatto.Acquired by the Polish scholar and bibliophile S. J. Halberstam from the estate of Samuel David Luzzatto, ms. 19 (Halberstam number on Montefiore label on spine and inside upper cover).Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England), after 1887, ms. 358 (label inside upper cover, Montefiore MS. 358; library stamps, f. 3r, 114v).Placed on deposit at Jews' College (London) as part of the Montefiore Endowment, 1899.Sold at auction at Sotheby's (New York) as part of a collection of manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, 27 Oct. 2004, lot 430, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.Book TypeAccountsAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryDictionaryDocumentDogaleFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGradualHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHymnalKoranLectionaryMass bookMiscellanyMissalPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookSaint's LifeScribal manualSong bookTorahTreatiseCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianByzantineCarolingianChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFlemishFrenchGermanIndianIslamicItalianJewishMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyWalesYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalBinding wasteCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMedicine--Early works to 1800Jewish magic--Early works to 1800CodicesDiagramsTables (documents)TreatisesManuscripts, Hebrew--16th centuryManuscripts, Renaissance16th centuryDocumentTablesDiagramsScience -- MedicinePaperItalyJewishMagic