Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 312: ʻIr siḥon. University of Pennsylvania 2014-12-03 2014-12-03 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 312: ʻIr siḥon. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Manuscripts has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 312: ʻIr siḥon.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 312 9954111003503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773214886 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37w7s https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs312.html https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000258 Mathematical work on basic calculations, including business or commercial arithmetic. Hebrew ʻIr siḥon. Sarfati, Joseph ben Moses, active approximately 1400-1450 former owner Hirschel, Solomon, 1761-1842 former owner Jews' College (London, England) former owner Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain)

paper

 58 leaves : 133 x 99 (101 x 65) mm bound to 137 x 116 mm

Paper, i (modern) + i (early) + 58 + i (modern); 1¹²(-1) 2-4¹²; [1-58], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.

 Written in 17 long lines. Written in semi-cursive Hebrew script in a single hand, except for one leaf in another hand (f. 11). Table, f. 5r Table, f. 6v Table, f. 9r Table, f. 13r Table, f. 14r Table, f. 14v Table, f. 15v Table, f. 16v Table, f. 17r Table, f. 17v Table, f. 20r Table, f. 23r Table, f. 24r Table, f. 24v Table, f. 25r Table, f. 26r Table, f. 27r Table, f. 28r Table, f. 29r Table, f. 30r Table, f. 30v

17th-century Italian gilt-tooled calf, rebacked, with ribbon marker.

Written in Spain in the 15th century.

14-- Spain Formerly owned by Solomon Hirschel, first Chief Rabbi of London. Formerly held in the library of Jews' College (London; stamp, early flyleaf), no. 137 (inscription). Formerly held in the library of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Ashkenazi rabbinical court, London), no. 133 (spine). Sold at auction at Christie, Manson & Woods as part of the collection of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah, 23 Jun. 1999, lot 100, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015. Arithmetic--Early works to 1900 Arithmetic Business mathematics--Early works to 1800 Mathematics--Early works to 1800 Mathematics Business mathematics codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts, Hebrew--15th century Manuscripts, Renaissance