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
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 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
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 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
Areae-uk
Time period1755 - 1846
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-
Areae-uk
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Binding noteGrenville binding.
Other Information
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