CAJS Rar Ms 661 Miscellany on Hebrew prose and writing. / [קובץ במליצות ומכתבים]
Title
Miscellany on Hebrew prose and writing.[קובץ במליצות ומכתבים]
Authors
- Ibn Ẓur, Jacob ben Reuben, 1673-1752
אבן צור, יעקב בן ראובן - Serero, Saul ben Matityahu, active 18th century
סירירו, שאול בן מתתיהו
Other related names
- Rappaport, Isaac ben Judah, ha-Kohen, -1755, attributed name
רפפורט, יצחק, - Assayag, Yosef Yitsḥaḳ, former owner
אצאייג, יוסף יצחק. - Gross, William L, former owner
Call number
CAJS Rar Ms 661(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
HebrewOrigin
- Date
- 5536 1775-1776
- Place
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Morocco
Summary
This is a manuscript miscellany composed of works on Hebrew prose, writing, and grammar; the first work is an epistolary by Jacob ben Reuben Ibn Ẓur (f. 3r-41v), and the second by Saul ben Matityahu Serero (18th century; f. 43r-56r, alive as of this manuscript), both of Fès, and both are called "Leshon limudim" in this manuscript (taken from Isaiah L:4, and used commonly as a title for works on language, composition, and grammar). The manuscript also contains an organized anthology of suffixes to be used in writing Hebrew prose attributed to Isaac b. Judah ha-Kohen Rappaport called "Leshon ḥakhamim" (f. 69v-80r; title taken from the Talmud, Hullin 137b; attributed by Jacob Moses Toledano (his description laid in with the Jewish Theological Seminary of America manuscript). Serero's work is introduced (and contains edits) by "David Oḥayo" (likely Oḥayon; f. 43r).
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- 1. f.3r-41v: Leshon limudim/Ibn Ẓur, Jacob ben Reuben -- 2. f.43r-56r: Leshon limudim/Serero, Saul ben Matityahu -- 3. f. 60v-80r: Leshon ḥakhamim/Rappaport, Isaac b. Judah ha-Kohen [attributed].
Extent
85 leaves : 205 x 148 (160 x 115) mm bound to 210 x 158 mmSupport
PaperBinding
Modern red faux-leather binding, with white endpapers; blind-tooled frame on front board.Layout
Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by Tel Aviv collector William L. Gross (Kedem); former call number The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.015.
- Formerly exhibited in Paris for Arts et cultures du Maroc, 2004 (Kedem).
- Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Sale 93 lot 111 (as part of selections from the Gross Family Collection).
Subjects topical
- Epistolary poetry--Early works to 1800
- Hebrew language--Composition and exercises
- Zodiac
- Rabbis--Morocco--Fès--Correspondence--17th century
- Rabbis--Morocco--Fès--Correspondence--18th century
Genres
- Literature
- anthologies
- tuǧras
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--18th century
Licenses
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Table of contents
- fol. 3r — Leshon limudim/Ibn Ẓur, Jacob ben Reuben
- fol. 3r — לשון למודים\אבן צור, יעקב בן ראובן
- fol. 43r — Leshon limudim/Serero, Saul ben Matityahu
- fol. 43r — לשון למודים\סרירו, שאול בן מתתיהו
- fol. 60v — Leshon ḥakhamim/Rappaport, Isaac b. Judah ha-Kohen [attributed]
- fol. 60v — לשון חכמים\רפפורט, יצחק בן יהודה הכהן
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