Details

Other Title:

Fortaleza del judaísmo e confusión del estrano

Subjects:

Judaism -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800.
Judaism -- Apologetic works.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.
Apologetic writings.

Language:

Spanish.

Summary:

A copy of the work Fortaleza del judaísmo e confusión del estrano by Abraham Ger of Cordova in 50 chapters with a complete table of contents at the end.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Attribution from f. ii verso, name Abraham Guer de Cordova is at the end of the introduction or preface to the work.
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 161 + i (modern paper); [ii], 1-158, [159]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand, with a note in Italian in a later hand on the final folio.
Binding: Modern boards. Folios [i] and 150-[159] have been repaired and are difficult to read; there is old water and mildew damage on some leaves, and a few wormholes.
Origin: Possibly written in Spain or Netherlands, 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (Zacour-Hirsch).
Gift of the estate of Henry Charles Lea, 1909.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 183 (Ms. Lea 175). The title is incorrectly transcribed in Zacour-Hirsch.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 805

Contributor:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

OCLC:

212378442