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Manuscript/Mixed Material Fragments from responsa

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Title

  • Fragments from responsa

Created / Published

  • 14th century.

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Hebrew--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Sephardic semi-cursive script.
  • -  Description based on finding aid
  • -  [שו"ת הרשב"א] Fragment from a collection of responsa by Solomon ibn Adret. Includes about thirty responsa, some of them incomplete. Another hand added numeration from 13-32 in Hebrew letters, but often several responsa were included under one number. The leaves are bound out of order and some leaves are missing. Most responsa were edited in the standard editions in a different order. A few were not edited in the standard editions but were published from other manuscripts in the latest editions. They include no. 27 (f. 4r), no. 28 to Monzon (f. 4r-v), and no. 32 (ff. 7r-8v).

Medium

  • 15 ff. Paper. ; 20 x 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC Hebr. Ms 157
  • Micro Orien. Hebr. 880/76
  • Micro Orien. Hebr. 825/2

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018757775

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Hebraic Section Manuscript Collection

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