Description of British Library, Add MS 21140: Philosophical writings.

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Philosophical writings.

Hebrew Philosophical writings. 1r מאזני העיונים 1r Ma᾿azene ha-῾iyunim 21r ספר העגולות הרעיונות 21r Sefer ha-῾agulot ha-ra῾eyonot

Paper

35 folios; 35 folios Columns: 1 ; ruled lines: 29; written lines: 29; Uniform layout. Hard-point ruling. Titles and inital words in larger characters. Catchwords on every verso. Marginal notes throughout. A diagram, folio 26r. Folio 1 is a title page. Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Ḥananiyah ben Menaḥem Ḳazes: inscribed with his name in the colophon, folio 35v.

BM in-house. Marbled paper cover with brown leather edges and spine. Spine: 'Tractat. Moral Et Philosoph. Hebr. Mus Brit. Jure Emptionis. 21,140.'

Between 1400 and 1499

Giovanni Domenico Carretto Acquisition: Hirsch Edelman : purchased from him by the British Museum on 23 August 1855; inscribed, folio [38v] (fse003v).