Details

Other Title:

Ḥanukat ha-bayit

Subjects:

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- Early works to 1800.
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).
Tabernacle -- Early works to 1800.
Tabernacle.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Hebrew.
Manuscripts, European.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Hebrew.

Summary:

A work in 2 volumes: the first is on the building of the Tabernacle in the desert; the second is on the Temple in Jerusalem and its holy vessels. The first volume has some marginal notes; the second volume has abundant marginal notes.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Volume 1: Paper, i (modern paper) + 27 + i (modern paper), 1²⁴(+3); Volume 2: Paper, i (modern paper) + 53 + i (modern paper), 1²⁰ 2³⁰(+3).
Layout: Written in 23-27 long lines; leaves folded vertically into quarters to define the outer and inner margins.
Script: Written in Italian cursive Hebrew script (Kestenbaum).
Decoration: Volume 1: 6 small diagrams in the margins and text (f. 8r, 8v, 17r, 19v, 23v, 26r), large drawing of candelabra (f. 26v); Volume 2: approximately 30 small drawings and diagrams throughout in the margins and text.
Binding: Contemporary (17th-century) calf.
Origin: Written in Mantua, probably between 1612 (date of another work referenced in the text) and 1620 (end date of activity of the author).

Local notes:

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

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company (New York), 25 June 2015, lot 1.

Contributor:

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

OCLC:

945556081

Web link:

The Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund Home Page