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Identification
General description: 
Miscellanea: ff. 1-64v: Writings (Psalms, Job) ; ff. 64v-110r: a text (according to Steinschneider תגנים) with a commentary; ff. 110r-118r: a commentary on Psalms (anonymous); ff. 118r-233v: Dictionnary (Menahem ben Saruq)
Material nature: 
Codex
Volume / fragment / virtual manuscript: 
volume
Main source of the notice: 
Catalogue KTIV / Steinschneider 32.
Institution: 
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek - Hamburg - Germany
Manuscript NLI ID: 
000135209-1
Number of folios: 
233
Language: 
Hebrew
Dating: 
estimated
Estimated date: 
12th century to 13rd century
Some later hands (Annotations / marginal commentary) probably from the 14th century. F. 235v: Colophon from the last hand (completing the end of the Mahbehet) נשלם ספר המחברת בתפארת אומר הגומר חיים עזריאת ב׳׳ר שמואל בני ישארל From another hand under this colophon (unprofessional script): נכתב בשנת תתקכא לאלף הרביעי The date would be 4921 (corresponding to 1161). This may be a copy of an older colophon.
Geographical area (estimated geographical provenance): 
Ashkenazic area
History of the manuscrit in collection: 
Former owner: Abraham Hinckelmann (17th Cent.) Purchased by Joachim Morgenweg (18th Cent.)
I have described here only the PU which contains Biblical Texts, that are the oldest produced. This group of texts attest of a progressive elaboration of this volume by several owners (librarian?). The others PU (not biblical) should be described separately.
Production Units

Sources of the notice

Description level: 
2
Main source of the notice: 
Catalogue Steinschneider 32 / On-line images.
Sources of the notice: 
Data: 
textual, historical, other
Sources: 
Notice Authors: 

Images

Kind of Production Unit

Completion state: 
incomplete
Material nature: 
Codex
Incomplete state: 
Beginning missing

Geocultural area

Several scribes, from Ashkenazic, from the 12th to the 14th century. One maybe from Anglo-norman region or from the end of the 12th century.
Area: 
Ashkenazic area

Dating

Dating: 
estimated

Foliotation of the Production Unit

Left, recto (modern). Discontinous
Number of folios: 
233
Foliotation / Pagination: 
foliotation only, arabic numbers

Contents

Works: 
Work type: 
Hebrew biblical text
Language: 
Hebrew
End of Psalms and Job, with an additionnal commentary in the margin up to f. 52r.
Biblical content
Copied biblical books: 
  • Writings / Ketuvim
    • Poetic books (Emet)
      • Psalms (f. 1r-45r - incomplete - Begins at  Ps 4:2)
      • Job (f. 45v-64v - With a commentary in the margins.)
Actual state of completion: 
lacunary
Intention of completion: 
unknown
Textual features
Vocalization
Vocalization: 
vocalized
Kind of vocalization: 
Tiberian
Vocalization quality: 
full vocalization system
Accentuation
Accentuation: 
accentuated
Kind of accentuation: 
Tiberian
Accentuation quality: 
full accentuation system
Work type: 
Commentary of the Hebrew biblical text
Language: 
Hebrew
Marginal commentary on Job up to f. 52r. Ashkenazic Hand (ink different of the main text).
Commentary content
Anonymous
Commentary layout: 
in the external margins around the text
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no
Work type: 
Additional text
Language: 
Hebrew
According to Steinschneider (p. 6), f. 64v should record 12 lines of a חידה of Moses or Abraham ibn Ezra. This is written In another Ashkenazic square script (Gothic style). A Semi-cursive script (maybe from the same scribe?) added an anonymous commentary in the exterior and lower margin.
Additional text
אנכי יהוה אלהיך אשר הוצאתך ?כר נא בהסבנו ידידי
Type of additional text: 
other
Copied biblical books: 
Work type: 
Additional text
Language: 
Hebrew
According to Steinschneider (p. 6), f. 65r-109v : תגנים (homonym from Moses Ibn Ezra) with anonymous commentary.
Additional text
Type of additional text: 
other
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no
Work type: 
Additional text
Language: 
Hebrew
f. 110r-115v Anonymous commentary on Psalms (?)
Additional text
In an Ashkenazic cursive script.
Type of additional text: 
other
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no
Work type: 
parabiblical tools
Language: 
Hebrew
ff. 118r- End: Mahberet (Menahem Ibn Saruq). Used in the edition of London 1854.
Parabiblical tools
Written in a bookish Ashkenazic script / Section title in square script. A late Italian hand copied the end of the text after f. 229v (letter TAV) up to f. 233v.
Parabiblical tools type: 
dictionary
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no

Material description

Writing supports features

Writing supports: 
parchment

Writing materials

Corrosive ink: 
no

General layout informations

Different layout according to each hands.
Page Layout Codices: 
long line, irregular, irregular margins, number of lines variable, trimmed MS

Decoration

WIth the ink, marking of the chapter II, f. 76v
Type of decoration: 
ornament
Persons
Identification of the scribes
Scribes: 
Person: 
Anonymous 3025
Acrostic: 
no
ff. 1-64r
Functions: 
Function: 
scribe sofer & naqdan
Kind of script: 
square calligraphic
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Franco-Ashkenazic
Person: 
Anonymous 3026
Acrostic: 
no
Functions: 
Function: 
scribe sofer & naqdan
Kind of script: 
square calligraphic, non square / Semi-cursive
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Anglo-Ashkenazic
Main features
65v-109r (similar to MS Valmadonna 1, End of the 12th century)
Person: 
Anonymous 3028
Acrostic: 
no
110r-230r + Another hand 230-233 that ends the Mahberet.
Functions: 
Function: 
Scribe
Kind of script: 
non square / Semi-cursive, cursive
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Anglo-Ashkenazic
Main features
See Olszowy-Schlanger 2014.
Person: 
Anonymous 3029
Acrostic: 
no
f. 109v
Functions: 
Function: 
Scribe
Kind of script: 
non square / Semi-cursive
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Germano-Ashkenazic
Main features
late 14th-15th century
Person: 
Anonymous 3030
Acrostic: 
no
f. 64v
Functions: 
Function: 
Scribe
Kind of script: 
square calligraphic, non square / Semi-cursive
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Germano-Ashkenazic
Main features
Late 14th-15th century

Owners

Owners: 
Abraham Hinckelmann
Joachim Morgenweg
Uses and fonctions of the manuscript

Places / Contexts

Place of social use: 
private
Place of production: 
individual
Place of conservation: 
public institution

Uses

Main aims

Main functions / Aims: 
study
Bible category: 
with a teacher / at school, autonomous, group work
Text browsing: 
exegetic reading
Reading mode: 
silent reading, whisper, out loud reading
Scribes
Several scribes
Bibliographie
Catalogue description: 
Steinschneider 32; Kenicott 625

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MS Hamburg Cod. Hebr. 48
Author(s) of this publication: Élodie Attia (EA)
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Publishing date: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 16:12
Modified date: Sat, 07/11/2020 - 15:42
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