COLLECTION NAME:
Hebraica Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Hebrew MS 5
Reference Number:
Hebrew MS 5
Date Created:
17th century
Description:
Contents: Hebrew MS 5/1 (ff.1a-6a) Hebrew MS 5/2 (ff.9a-31b): printed frontispiece cut out to leave space for Hebrew text. Hebrew MS 5/3 (ff.34a-41b): printed frontispiece cut out to leave space for Hebrew text. Hebrew MS 5/4 (ff.42a-46b): two letters ascribed to Aristotle – on prosperity/ethics to Alexander? Hebrew MS 5/5 (ff.47a-50a) Hebrew MS 5/6 (ff.51a-60b): printed frontispiece on f. 51 cut out to leave space for Hebrew (marked "6" on f. 55). Collection of poems by Ibn Esra et al. Hebrew MS 5/7 (ff.62a-74b): printed frontispiece cut out to leave space for Hebrew text. Hebrew MS 5/8 (ff.75a-81a): printed frontispiece cut out to leave space for Hebrew text. Hebrew MS 5/9 (ff.87a onwards): mathematics/algebraic treatise
Language:
Hebrew
Language Code:
heb
Subject:
Chess--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Mathematics--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Poetry
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Access Rights:
References:
Samely, Alexander, 'The Interpreted Text: Among the Hebrew Manuscripts of the John Rylands University Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 73, no. 2 (1991), pp. 1-20
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB