Description of British Library, Add MS 26947: Kabbalistic writing.contributorIlana TahancatalogerAgata PaluchThe Polonsky FoundationBritish Library2023-02-012023-02-01These images and the content of British Library Add MS 26947: Kabbalistic writing. 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, British Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about British Library Add MS 26947: Kabbalistic writing.. 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.Damp entry at corners.Severe stains at top corner towards end, occasional elsewhere.Ink degrading, with some burn-through of heavily inked letters.Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.United KingdomLondonBritish LibraryHebrew Manuscripts Digitisation ProjectAdd MS 26947http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26947https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscriptsKabbalistic writing.HebrewKabbalistic writing.
Paper
98 folios; 98 folios Columns: 1 ; ruled lines: 41; written lines: 41; Uniform layout. Vertical hard-point ruling visible. Square initial words. Catchwords on every page.Italian cursive script of the 17th century. Elisha Valabrega: inscribed, folio 98v.
Acquisition: Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 56: his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum: inscribed, folio [100v].