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mei/02124550 G. 11154 [02124550]

London, British Library (GB) : G. 11154

ISTC No.ii00059500
AuthorImmanuel ben Solomon, of Rome
TitleSefer ha-Mahbarot
ImprintBrescia : Gershom Soncino, 30 Oct. 1491
Format4°
Languageheb
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SubjectGrammar
Keywordseducation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124550
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkG. 11154
NoteGrenville copy.
Size of leaves199 × 140 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteImperfect, wanting leaves 9.4 and 9.5 (64 and 65).
Support material (plates)Paper
SourceData from A. K. Offenberg, Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century now in the British Library (BMC XIII), 2004, 69-70; transcribed by Birgit Mikus.

Provenance 1500-1570

Provenance nameNathan, Yozpe ben, 1500-1570 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesOn the back endpaper a sixteenth-century owner's inscription by Yozpe ben Nathan (may he live for many long and happy days, amen).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
msNoteHebrew and Portuguese annotations on a seventeenth-century front endpaper, mentioning the name Ishack Abendana and the year 5419 (1658/59).
msFrequencyb
msLocationa

provenance 1640 - 1699

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk
timeperiod1640 - 1699
ownerAbendana, Isaac, 1640-1699 (, )
provenanceType1
Manuscript notesThe complete book vocalised by hand, apparently by Abendana, according to an eighteenth-century note on leaf 1.1a:
"A Book of inestimable value || not to met with in any || part of the world as it is || pointed throughout by the Famous Isaac Abendana || Author of these Do... || ems [Discourses?] || The Rabbi Immanuel is || among the Jews what Homer || was among the Greeks and || Virgil among the Latins, || not in the Heroick way, but || in a variety of verses not || unlike Horace or Pindar."
On back endpaper more annotations on this edition and its age. On leaf 160b ([21].4b):
Editus est hoc liber Rabbi Immanuelis || Anno Creationis 5252 Christi 1492 || a R. Gershom e familia Soncinatum.
Foliation in a Sephardic hand, wrong order of pages in the fourth quire unnoticed. A few Hebrew and Latin marginal notes.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout

Provenance 1755 - 1846

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1755 - 1846
Provenance nameGrenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Documentary Evidence
Binding noteGold-tooled brown morroco with the coat of arms of Thomas Grenville. Spine titling, in gilt: IMMANUEL || LIBER || MECHABEROTH || HEBRAICAE. At foot: BRIXIÆ, 1491.
Cover materialLeather
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold

Provenance 1753-

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Binding noteGrenville binding.

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copyId02124550
holdingInstitutionIdLondonBL
shelfmarkG. 11154
holdingsNoteGrenville copy.
paperSize199 × 140 mm
copyType1
copyFeaturesNoteImperfect, wanting leaves 9.4 and 9.5 (64 and 65).
supportMaterialPlatesa
sourceData from A. K. Offenberg, Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century now in the British Library (BMC XIII), 2004, 69-70; transcribed by Birgit Mikus.

provenance

ownerNathan, Yozpe ben, 1500-1570 (, )
provenanceType1
Manuscript notesOn the back endpaper a sixteenth-century owner's inscription by Yozpe ben Nathan (may he live for many long and happy days, amen).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesHebrew and Portuguese annotations on a seventeenth-century front endpaper, mentioning the name Ishack Abendana and the year 5419 (1658/59).
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst few pages

Provenance 1640 - 1699

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk
Time period1640 - 1699
Provenance nameAbendana, Isaac, 1640-1699 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesThe complete book vocalised by hand, apparently by Abendana, according to an eighteenth-century note on leaf 1.1a:
"A Book of inestimable value || not to met with in any || part of the world as it is || pointed throughout by the Famous Isaac Abendana || Author of these Do... || ems [Discourses?] || The Rabbi Immanuel is || among the Jews what Homer || was among the Greeks and || Virgil among the Latins, || not in the Heroick way, but || in a variety of verses not || unlike Horace or Pindar."
On back endpaper more annotations on this edition and its age. On leaf 160b ([21].4b):
Editus est hoc liber Rabbi Immanuelis || Anno Creationis 5252 Christi 1492 || a R. Gershom e familia Soncinatum.
Foliation in a Sephardic hand, wrong order of pages in the fourth quire unnoticed. A few Hebrew and Latin marginal notes.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout

Provenance 1755 - 1846

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1755 - 1846
Provenance nameGrenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Documentary Evidence
Binding noteGold-tooled brown morroco with the coat of arms of Thomas Grenville. Spine titling, in gilt: IMMANUEL || LIBER || MECHABEROTH || HEBRAICAE. At foot: BRIXIÆ, 1491.
Cover materialLeather
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold

Provenance

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Binding noteGrenville binding.

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Last Edit2018-05-18 16:16:15