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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Bern |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Burgerbibliothek
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. 200 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Lexicographical and scientific miscellany |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · VII + 258 + XIII ff. · 30 x 22 cm · Ashkenaz · 1290 |
| Language: |
Language
Hebrew, Old High German, Yiddish, French |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This medieval Hebrew lexicographical and scientific miscellany dates back to 1290 and encloses three highly important texts, used as the base for published editions and studies. These are: the Maḥberet Menahem by Menahem ben Jacob Ibn Saruq (died c. 970); an anonymous Hebrew prose translation of the very popular Old French version of the lapidary by Marbode of Rennes (12th c.) and lastly, an anonymous abridged version of the talmudic and midrashic lexicon entitled Sefer ha-Arukh by Natan ben Yehiel Anav of Rome (1035-1110), called the Berner Kleiner Arukh. The particularity of this copy is the presence of Old West Yiddish and Old French glosses. Furthermore, among the numerous later notes, there are more significant additions which abound in the blank pages and margins of the manuscript, the most unusual of which is a charm in Middle High German in Hebrew characters, relative to Hulda, a German goddess comparable to Venus, taken from the Tannhäuserlied. Moreover, this manuscript belonged to several famous Jewish and Christians owners, whose scriptural witness testifies to the manuscript’s remarkable stature as a treasured source of knowledge from the time it was compiled at the end of the 13th century, to its possession by Christian Hebraists in Switzerland during the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Dr. Justine Isserles, chercheure associée, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Saprat (Paris), 2019.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-bbb-0200 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bbb-0200) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bbb/0200 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/bbb-0200/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 200: Lexicographical and scientific miscellany (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bbb/0200). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 12/12/2019 |
| External resources: | External resources |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
13th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1290 |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Margin, Penwork, Schematic, Text Block |
| Binding: |
Binding
16th century |
| Restored: |
Restored
Yes |
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