[ʻAmude golah, Mitsṿot Ḳaṭan, 89].
[עמודי גולה, מצוות קטן, פ"ט].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th century.

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund. PU

Contributor:

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Commandments (Judaism)--13th century--Commentaries.

Commandments (Judaism).

Jews--France, Northern--14th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 140 (21 February 2023) lot 55.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : parchment ; 192 x 140 (180 x 126) mm.

Place of Publication:

[Northern France?], [13--].

[צרפת-אשכנז?], [13--]

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

Leaf from a 14th century parchment codex of Sefer Mitsṿot Ḳaṭan (also known as ʻAmude golah) containing number 89 (the numeration from printed editions), on the subject of Cohanim and the laws of their becoming impure by the death of a family member (אוהל המת) and other assorted laws on the subject of Halakhic purity and impurity. The text begins on the recto with ואין כהן מטמא לאבר מאביו and the bottom verso ends (legibly) with והירקות שהם מחוברים לקרקע (lower verso stained); there are variants from the printed text in this manuscript, including a ruling citing Eliezer ben Samuel of Metz in the printed editions here citing "Samson of Metz" (recto; possibly mistaken for Samson of Sens, as the commentary continues that the Sages of Évreux concur; ibīdem, third and fourth lines).

Notes:

Ms. fragment.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: 1; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in at least 36 lines (recto; 35 lines visible on verso); ruled in drypoint (outer vertical bounding line double).

Origin: Written in Northern France or Germany during the 14th century (script).

Script: Written in an Ashkenazic medieval semicursive script, with Northern French influence (for example, letters ל' and א').

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Related Collections:

Other 14th century manuscripts of Mitsṿot Ḳaṭan written in similar scripts and layouts are : The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark Ms. Hebr. Add. 6, and The National Library of France, Paris, France Ms. hebr. 384.

Cited as:

ʻAmude golah, Mitsṿot Ḳaṭan, 89 (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 686). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1418724403