Description of British Library, Add MS 18971: Philosophical writings.

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Philosophical writings.

Hebrew Philosophical writings. 1r כונות הפילוסופים 1r Kavanot ha-filosofim 41r הגדרים 41r Ha-gedarim 55r השאלה והתשובה 55r Ha-she᾿elah ṿeha-teshuvah

Paper

72 folios; 72 folios Columns: 1 2; ruled lines: 26 38; written lines: 26 38; Uniform layout. Visible pencil ruling. Titles and inital words in larger square characters. Catchwords on every page or under each column. Sefardi square and semi-cursive script of the 18th century. Yeḥezkel ben Shemu᾿el Kohen: inscribed with his name in the colophon, folio 72v, and given in acrostics, folio 1v, 40r.

Post-1600. Brown leather, gold tooled. Spine: 'Al-Gazali. Tractatus De Logica. Hebraice. Mus Brit. Jure Emptionis. 18,971.'

1775

The NetherlandsAmsterdam Acquisition: Adolphus Asher (b. 1800, d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum 1841-1853: purchased from him on 12 June 1852; inscribed, folio [73v] (fse001v).