Harley MS 1528 Tana"kh (תנ"ך)
Title
Tana"kh (תנ"ך)Funders
- The Polonsky Foundation
Call number
Harley MS 1528(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
British LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
Between 1325 and 1374
- Place
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SpainCatalonia
Summary
Bible with masorah magna and parva (the 'Harley Catalan Bible').
Notes
- David Finzi ben Menahem Finzi (or Panzi?): inscribed with his name (folio 424r 424r).
- Eliyaḳim ben Hosheʿa Finzi (or Panzi?): sold it to Yaʿaḳov ben Avraham of Sforno on Tuesday 29 April 5271 (1511) (folio 11r).
- Illegible inscription in Latin characters (folio 374r).
- Jacob Geraldino, censor: inscribed with his name, 12 December 1555 (folio 422v); see 104.
- Luigi da Bologna, a converted Jew working for the Inquisition as censor (active at the end of the sixteenth, beginning of seventeenth century): inscribed with his name as censor: 'Visto per mi Fra Luigi da Bologna del 1602 in Reggio' (folio 422v); see 104.
Extent
424 folios; 424 foliosSupport
ParchmentBinding
Post-1600. Brown leather binding with the initials 'MB' (presumably Margaret Bentinck). Spine: 'Bible. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Harley 1528.'Layout
Script
Provenance
- Acquisition: The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
Related resources
- Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.
Licenses
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Table of contents
- fol. 1v — Masoretic lists
- fol. 11v — Genesis
- fol. 36v — Exodus
- fol. 58r — Leviticus
- fol. 73r — Numbers
- fol. 94r — Deuteronomy
- fol. 113v — Joshua
- fol. 127r — Judges
- fol. 140v — Samuel
- fol. 172v — Kings
- fol. 206r — Isaiah
- fol. 229r — Jeremiah
- fol. 260r — Ezekiel
- fol. 287r — Hosea
- fol. 290v — Joel
- fol. 292r — Amos
- fol. 294v — Obadiah
- fol. 295r — Jonah
- fol. 296r — Micah
- fol. 298r — Nahum
- fol. 299r — Habakkuk
- fol. 300r — Zephaniah
- fol. 301r — Haggai
- fol. 302r — Zechariah
- fol. 306r — Malachi
- fol. 307v — Ruth
- fol. 309r — Psalms
- fol. 336v — Job
- fol. 347r — Proverbs
- fol. 356r — Ecclesiastes
- fol. 359v — Song of Songs
- fol. 361r — Lamentations
- fol. 363v — Daniel
- fol. 371v — Esther
- fol. 376r — Ezra
- fol. 389r — Chronicles
- fol. 422v — Masoretic lists
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Section: Masoretic lists
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Section: Genesis
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Section: Exodus
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Section: Leviticus
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Section: Numbers
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Section: Deuteronomy
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Section: Joshua
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Section: Judges
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Section: Samuel
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Section: Kings
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Section: Isaiah
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Section: Jeremiah
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Section: Ezekiel
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Section: Hosea
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Section: Joel
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Section: Amos
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Section: Obadiah
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Section: Jonah
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Section: Micah
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Section: Nahum
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Section: Habakkuk
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Section: Zephaniah
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Section: Haggai
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Section: Zechariah
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Section: Malachi
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Section: Ruth
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Section: Psalms
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Section: Job
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Section: Proverbs
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Section: Ecclesiastes
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Section: Song of Songs
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Section: Lamentations
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Section: Daniel
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Section: Esther
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Section: Ezra
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Section: Chronicles
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