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Identification
General description: 
Torah, (originally Haftarot and Megillot), vocalized, without Masorah, without Targum.
Material nature: 
Codex
Volume / fragment / virtual manuscript: 
volume
Main source of the notice: 
Catalogue / private Letter
Institution: 
Bibliothèque nationale de France - Paris - France
Manuscript NLI ID: 
128781 
Number of folios: 
323
Language: 
Hebrew
Dating: 
estimated
Estimated date: 
first half of the 13rd century
(1200-1250 according to Javier del Barco, at Aix-Marseille University in feb-june 2018).
Geographical area (estimated geographical provenance): 
Ashkenazic area
Subregion estimated: 
Franco-Ashkenazic area
History of the manuscrit in collection: 
See the notice http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002853t.r=h%C3%A9breu+52.langFR. The manuscript was the property of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661), then the royal library in 1668. Nicolas Clément mentions this manuscript in his catalogue (1682). The manuscript has been stolen in 1998, strongly damaged: 62 ff. of the Haftarot are now missing (originally 323 ff. now 261 ff.). The manuscript has been trimmed (60 mm and 30 mm). The binding has been changed; some owners' notes have been erased but readable in Wood Lamp; a selling act has is missin on f. 261v. The manuscript has been selected for an official selling in 2000 by Christie's New York, friday 19 may 2000, lot 224, p. 199. The manuscript returned back to the BnF.
Availability: 
unavailable for consultation
Hardly availiable for consultation as it has been strongly damaged in 1998. The curator estimates that the microfilm is more complete than the actual artefact. Codicological remarks will follow the observations made by Javier del Barco.
Bnf Hebreu 52
Image links
Complete manuscript (Images Gallica N/B before)
Actual volume (Images Gallica)
Production Units

Sources of the notice

Description level: 
2
Main source of the notice: 
Catalogue / private Letter

Images

Image links: 
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002853t.r=h%C3%A9breu+52.langFR

Kind of Production Unit

62 ff. containing the Haftarot are now missing (damaged in 1998).
Completion state: 
damaged
Rank: 
Primary
Material nature: 
Codex
Incomplete state: 
Lacunae

Colophon

According to M. Dukan (2006, 223): "Le scribe précise qu'il a apporté dans sa copie une exactitude "qui la rend digne de servir de modèle aux exemplaires dont on sert à la synagogue". According to us, it is not a regular colophon, it is rather an additional note as the scribe made others (see Contents, Additionnal note).
Folio: 
231v

Geocultural area

Area: 
Ashkenazic area
Subregion estimated: 
Franco-Ashkenazic

Dating

(1200-1250 Javier)
Dating: 
estimated
Estimated date: 
first half of the 13rd century

Foliotation of the Production Unit

62 ff. are missing. The ink pagination is now missing. Lead pen foliotation (actual).
Number of folios: 
323
Real number of folios: 
261
Foliotation / Pagination: 
foliotation only

Contents

Works: 
Work type: 
Hebrew biblical text
Language: 
Hebrew, Latin
Latin note in latin characters, in ff. 66v, 149v, 190r, 243v.
Biblical content
Copied biblical books: 
  • Pentateuch / Torah
  • Writings / Ketuvim
    • Five Megillot
Actual state of completion: 
complete
Intention of completion: 
planned
Colophon f. 231 r (in very small script).
Order of books
Order of Megillot: 
Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther (Massoretic Text order)
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: 
Additional text
Language: 
Hebrew
Annotations and comments left as model manuscript (examplar).
Additional text
F. 189v and 66v : at the end of the books: וצריך להניח ד׳ שיטין בין ספר לספר f. We have to left 4 lines between two books. At the f. 231v, the scribe indicates that this Humash (Pentateuch) is accurate to be used for the copy of Torah Scroll (it is an examplar according to him). זה חומש בחון ומנוסה להעתיק ספר תורת משה
Type of additional text: 
other
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no
Work type: 
Masoretic apparatus on the biblical text (Masorah)
Language: 
Hebrew
The scribe indicate the count of verses at the end of each book, such as in f. 231v: מביין פסוקי דסיפרא ה׳נ׳ץ׳ תשע מאות וחמשים וחמשה וסמני׳ ה׳נ׳ץ׳ ןחציו ועשית על פי הדבר. לעיני לכל ישראל באמצע ובסוף עמוד.
Masoretic content
Kind of Masorah: 
Masorah finalis (Mf)
Presence: 
sporadic notes
Copied biblical books: 
Incomplete book: 
no

Material description

Measurements

The description of Gallica displays some information about the original size of the item before it was stolen and damaged.

Writing supports features

Writing supports: 
parchment

Parchement

According to W/B microfilm.
Color side difference: 
always visible
Distinction of the sides hair/flesh: 
always visible
Hair follicles visible: 
always visible
Thickness measured: 
no

Writing materials

Ink type: 
ferrogallic
Color ink: 
brown, light brown
Corrosive ink: 
no
Writing tool: 
pen

General layout informations

Page Layout Codices: 
two columns

Specific layout

Text Layout Judges 5: 
Judges 5 in 'échiquier' like Vat. 14 ou Valmadonna 1.

Decoration

Illustration

The f. 261v displayed an attest of selling (damaged).

Structure of the codex

Ruling

The ruled lines for the Masorah have been made and are visible, but the masran did not worked on it (finally?)?
Ruling presence: 
visible
Ruling pattern: 
Composite ruling
Ruling technic: 
hard point
Ruling use: 
last ruled line unwritten
Nature of the ruling
The prickings are visible on the microfilm, not in the actual manuscript that has been damaged in 1998. It seems not have been pricked in the interior margin (an evidence of an early 13th century manuscript according to Beit-Arié 1976).
Prickings: 
visible
Pricking pattern: 
pricking, exterior margins only
Signatures / Catchwords
Catchwords features: 
one word
Catchwords position: 
end of quires
Persons
Identification of the scribes
Scribes: 
Person: 
Anonyme
Acrostic: 
no
Functions: 
Function: 
scribe sofer & naqdan
Kind of script: 
square calligraphic
Type of script: 
Ashkenazic area
Sub type of script: 
Franco-Ashkenazic

Owners

Meshullam ben Abraham sold the manuscript he called a Humash with Mahzor from Rosh ha-Shanah and Sukkot מכרתי זה חומש עם מחזור של ראש השנה ומסוכת
Owners: 
Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIV
ר׳ משלם בר אברהם/ Meshullam ben Abraham
Uses and fonctions of the manuscript

Places / Contexts

Place of social use: 
public (Synagogue), private
Place of production: 
individual
Place of conservation: 
public institution

Uses

Main aims

According to the scribe, the manuscript would as accurate as the ones used as model in the synagogue" (Dukan 2006, 223). The qere notes on ff. 212v-213r are evidences of out loud readings.
Main functions / Aims: 
examplar for Torah Scroll
Text browsing: 
periodic recurring reading
Reading mode: 
out loud reading
Bibliographie
Catalogue description: 
Zotenberg 52
Online description: 
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002853t.r=h%C3%A9breu+52.langFR

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MS Paris BnF Hébreu 52
Publishing date: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 16:12
Modified date: Wed, 07/15/2020 - 00:01
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