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Leeds (England), Leeds University Library: Ms. 418

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TextGrid URI of the Edition3w53n
FamiliesMagnificent Parchment (Classical)
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Surfaces of the Diagram

Recto


About the Manuscript

Identifiers and Titles

IdentifierLeeds (England), Leeds University Library: Ms. 418
Alternative IdentifiersOxford (England), Roth, Cecil: Ms. 418
Primary Manuscript TitlesThe Magnificent Parchment
Alternative Manuscript TitlesLeeds, Brotherton Library, Ms. Roth 418

Manuscript History

Origin
Date1600 - 1799
Date Information17-18th century
Provenance
Provenance InformationFormerly in the possession of Cecil Roth.
Provenance PlacesLeeds (England)
Provenance PlacesOxford (England)

Physical Description

MaterialParchment
FormRotulus
Dimensions Description82.2 × 48.7
Hand DescriptionItalian

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrewhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic

Content Description

SummaryThis ilan preserves a fragment of a family of large manuscript rotuli to which we have given the name "The Magnificent Parchment." The fascinating fragment shows a work in progress: the major diagrammatic elements and bold captions are in place but much remains incomplete.

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 62–65.
Cecil Roth, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Roth Collection (Philadelphia, 1950), reprint from Alexander Marx Jubilee Volume.
Eva Frojmovic and Frank Felsenstein, Hebraica and Judaica from the Cecil Roth Collection (Leeds: Leeds University Library, 1997), no. 4.

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Leeds (England), Leeds University Library: Ms. 418

About the Diagram

TextGrid URI of the Edition3w53n
FamiliesMagnificent Parchment (Classical)
(click here to search for other diagrams in the same family)

Surfaces of the Diagram

Recto


About the Manuscript

Identifiers and Titles

IdentifierLeeds (England), Leeds University Library: Ms. 418
Alternative IdentifiersOxford (England), Roth, Cecil: Ms. 418
Primary Manuscript TitlesThe Magnificent Parchment
Alternative Manuscript TitlesLeeds, Brotherton Library, Ms. Roth 418

Manuscript History

Origin
Date1600 - 1799
Date Information17-18th century
Provenance
Provenance InformationFormerly in the possession of Cecil Roth.
Provenance PlacesLeeds (England)
Provenance PlacesOxford (England)

Physical Description

MaterialParchment
FormRotulus
Dimensions Description82.2 × 48.7
Hand DescriptionItalian

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrewhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic

Content Description

SummaryThis ilan preserves a fragment of a family of large manuscript rotuli to which we have given the name "The Magnificent Parchment." The fascinating fragment shows a work in progress: the major diagrammatic elements and bold captions are in place but much remains incomplete.

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 62–65.
Cecil Roth, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Roth Collection (Philadelphia, 1950), reprint from Alexander Marx Jubilee Volume.
Eva Frojmovic and Frank Felsenstein, Hebraica and Judaica from the Cecil Roth Collection (Leeds: Leeds University Library, 1997), no. 4.