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Bible (Old Testament)

Joshua 16.5-17.2; Isaiah 55.12 or Isaiah 49.13? on tailband

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Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, MS C.379

Miruna Belea (EPHE), 2025, wrapper, tailband (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Bible (Old Testament)
Shelfmarks MS C.379
Page/Folio Reference wrapper, spine; tailband
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Central Europe (Ashkenazi)
Date of Origin 1301-1400
Script, Hands

One hand, square Ashkenazi script. 

Original Condition

Page Height 430 – 450 mm
Page Width 300 – 320 mm
Height of Written Area 310 – 320 mm
Width of Written Area 220 mm
Number of Columns 3
Width of Columns 60 mm
Number of Lines 38 – 40
Line Height 8 mm
Ruling lead?

Current Condition

Extent 1/6-1/5 of the original leaf
Dimensions 20 x 200 mm; 20 x 200 mm; 50 x 20 mm
More about the Current Condition

Incomplete spine wrapper and three small fragments in the headband and tailband. The original spine wrapper measured c. 87 x 200 mm; the central part of the fragment, measuring c. 44 x 200, was lost. The two spine fragments are the remains of a single spine wrapper. Thus, the texts on each column are continuous.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Hebrew
    • Title Bible (Old Testament)
    • Content Description

      A. Spine wrapper:

      Joshua 16.5-17.2

      Inc.: 

      מזרחה עטפ... 

      Expl.:

      ...בני־שכם ולבני־חפר ולבני שמידע

      B. Tailband: 

      Isaiah 55.12 (isolated words):

      ויפצחו

      וימח

      אשה
    • MS_C_379_spine

History

Origin

? (Ashkenazi)
Provenance

The host manuscript was copied at the Jesuit College of Trnava (Lat. Tyrnavia), now in Slovakia. It belonged to, and was probably copied by/for Franciscus Kecskés: ‘Magistri Francisci Kecskés Societatis IESV' (front pastedown, s. XVIIex). On f. iir, another hand wrote: 'Logica R. P. Gotthardi Gelb è S. J. Tyrnaviæ'. Gotthard Gelb taught Logic in Trnava in the academic year 1696/1697. 

Host Volume

Title Logica R. P. Gotthardi Gelb è S. J. Tyrnaviæ
Date of Origin/Publication 1696-1697?
Place of Origin/Publication Trnava
Shelfmark MS C.379
Persons Kecskés Ferenc (Franciscus) – owner of host book
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