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manuscript/00233 📜 Leeds, Leeds University Library: Ms. 418

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


Identifiers and Titles

Alternative IdentifiersOxford (England), Roth, Cecil: Ms. 418
NLI ID990001859260205171

Manuscript History

Origin
Date Range1600 - 1799
Provenance
Provenance Information (English)Formerly in the possession of Cecil Roth.
Provenance
Owner InformationLeeds University Library
Current or Former Ownercurrent
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Leeds
Provenance Country Information (English)England
Provenance
Owner InformationRoth, Cecil
Current or Former Ownerformer
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Oxford
Provenance Country Information (English)England

Physical Description

Materialparchment
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Width48.7 cm
Height82.2 cm
Hand Description
Hand Description (English)Italian

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew

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.
Notes (English)Leeds University Library, MS Roth 418 preserves a fragment of a family of large manuscript rotuli ("ilanot") 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. Only one witness of the MP (London, BL, MS Or. 6465 Scroll © The British Library Board) carries a colophon, dating it to 1556. The original Magnificent Parchment was likely crafted ca. 1500 in northern Italy. This family of "luxury" manuscripts is distinguished by its grand scale, its graphical richness, and its 33,000 word anthological text.

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


Identifiers and Titles

Alternative IdentifiersOxford (England), Roth, Cecil: Ms. 418
NLI ID990001859260205171

Manuscript History

Origin
Date Range1600 - 1799
Provenance
Provenance Information (English)Formerly in the possession of Cecil Roth.
Provenance
Owner InformationLeeds University Library
Current or Former Ownercurrent
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Leeds
Provenance Country Information (English)England
Provenance
Owner InformationRoth, Cecil
Current or Former Ownerformer
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Oxford
Provenance Country Information (English)England

Physical Description

Materialparchment
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Width48.7 cm
Height82.2 cm
Hand Description
Hand Description (English)Italian

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew

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.
Notes (English)Leeds University Library, MS Roth 418 preserves a fragment of a family of large manuscript rotuli ("ilanot") 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. Only one witness of the MP (London, BL, MS Or. 6465 Scroll © The British Library Board) carries a colophon, dating it to 1556. The original Magnificent Parchment was likely crafted ca. 1500 in northern Italy. This family of "luxury" manuscripts is distinguished by its grand scale, its graphical richness, and its 33,000 word anthological text.

Surfaces Linking to This Manuscript:

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