Harley MS 7637 St Matthew
Title
St MatthewFunders
- The Polonsky Foundation
Call number
Harley MS 7637(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
British LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
Between 1700 and 1799
Summary
The Gospel of St Matthew in Hebrew translation, punctuated.
Extent
52 folios; 52 foliosSupport
PaperBinding
Post-1600, Harleian binding of tooled brown leather.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 Gregorianto 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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