Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2151-2153

Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)

Codex

Parchment

Brown (iron-gall)

Quill

There is ruling

Metallic point leaving coloured traces

Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines

26

199-200 mm

140-142 mm

123-135 mm

87-88 mm

חדש אייר שנת חמשת אלפים וס"ד לבריאת עולם

1304

14th Century CE

Rome, Italy

רומא

Italy

Hebrew

Bible

Bible bound in three volumes. The openings of new Biblical books and new parashot are illuminated.

Complete

Tiberian

Copied by Moses ben Hayyim for his teacher Yoav ben Benjamin. Colophons: vol. 1, fol. 171r (as משה הלבלר); vol. 3, fol. 188r (full information).
Vol. 3, fol. 188v: contract of sale by Yoav ben Benjamin and another by Yehiel ben Judah ben Benjamin
Vol. 3, fol. 189r, record of deaths in the family, in 1570-1581, in Venice and Rovigo
According to Kennicott, the manuscript belonged to Abraham Cracovia in Venice.
It was acquired by Giovanni Bernardo de Rossi, De Rossi n° 3

https://sfardata.nli.org.il/#/manuscript/0E400 (Date accessed: 2024-12-17)

990000689930205171

https://www.nli.org.il/he/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000689930205171-1,FL13557963]] (Date accessed: 2024-12-17)

Benjamin Richler (Palaeographical and Codicological Descriptions by Malachi Beit-Arié, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma, Jerusalem, 2001, n° 10, pp. 5-6

B. Kennicott, Dissertatio, no. 574

Manoscritti biblici ebraici decorati, pp. 46-48, nos. 4-6

G. Tamani, Elenco dei manoscritti ebraici miniati e decorati, pp. 48-49, no. 5

Hebrew MSS from the Palatine Library, pp. 14-15, no. 3