Title, fol. 1a: Hagadah shel Pesaḥ ... maʻasé' yede ha-ḳaṭan Mosheh ben ha-manoaḥ ha-ḳatsin khar"ar Natan zatsal Oppenheim me ḳehilah kedoshah Mʻanets ... khatavti zot be-shenat Ṿa-yikhtov Mosheh et divre ha-zot ʻad tumam le-poh kehilatenu and הגדה של פסח ... מעש' ידי הקטן בן המנוח הקצין כהר"ר נתן זצ"ל אופנהיים מק"ק מענץ ... כתבתי זאת בשנת ויכתב משה את דברי הזאת עד תמם לפ"ק.
Alternative Title:
Haggadah
Description:
On vellum. Artful calligraphic square characters for the text; calligraphic cursive characters for notation, Yiddish portions of the text, etc.Text within gilt line borders, initials illuminated in gilt., Illustrated title-page, 12 half-page miniatures, and a number of smaller miniatures in colors., Red straight-grain morocco binding, gilt tooled possibly original., The design of the title-page and of some of the miniatures is based on the engravings in the Hagadah printed at Amsterdam in 1712; the artist made considerable changes in the figures, backgound, etc., and Owners: 1. Moses ben Mordecai Oppenheim, 1795 (autograph on fol. 1a); 2. Samuel ben Moses, called Samuel Frank of Laudenbach (in Württemberg) (autograph on fly-leaves in front and in back); 3] Zalman (Solomon) Loeb, of Erie, Pennsylvania (presentation-inscription to him on fly-leaf in back); 4] Solomon ben Meir (identical with 3?), who died on Tuesday, 23d Adar II, A.M. 5673 [A.D. 1913] at Erie, Pennsylvania (notice of his death by his son on fly-leaf in back).
Fragment of Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in German Praecarolina. A marginal note on f. 1r in small script. Running headlines “Liber” and “Quartus” are written in Capitalis., Fragment of Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus (37-ca. 95)., and Binding: the leaf has (s. XVIIin) been used as a limp parchment binding for an anti-Lutheran tract by Conradus Andreae (pseudonym of Conrad Vetter). F. 1v was the outer side and the six erased lines in its center, forming the spine, were used to write the abbreviated title of the printed tract.
Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation; with the commentaries of Ibn Shem Tov, Profiat Duran and Asher Crescas., Signatures: 1⁶ 2⁸ 3-31⁶., BEIN K8 M85 +fx553 copy 1: Censor's manuscript signatures at end: Fuit correctus pr[aese]ns liber p[er] me subsignatu[m] fr[ater] Paulus vicecomes; Ego Cyprianus Vbertus inqu[isito]r. The censored passages are mostly legible. Without the two leaves containing the Beʼur ʻinyan sheni ḳuyam of Moses Provinciale., and BEIN K8 M85 +fx553 copy 2: 30 cm.; censor's manuscript signature at end: Gio[vann]i Dominico Carretto 1617; with the two leaves by Moses Provinciale (inserted preceeding leaf [gimel]).
Publisher:
Ḳornilyo Adil Ḳind and קורנילייו אדיל קינד
Subject (Topic):
Jewish philosophy, Philosophy, Medieval, Judaism, and Hebrew language
Depicts a well-dressed lady approaching a table where a striped chair is being held for her by a young black serving boy. At the table are seated a bald and bearded man, and on his left, seated on a sofa, a lady wearing an ermine trimmed robe. The table holds a silver urn and various dishes on a tray. On the walls are two paintings of what appear to be seduction scenes and a wall sconce with mirror
Alternative Title:
One of the tribe of Levi, going to breakfast with a young Christian
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Judaism, Relations, Christianity, Sofas, Furniture, Sconces, Paintings, Tableware, Black people, Servants, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Manuscript on parchment (hair side quite yellow) of Paulus de Sancta Maria (of Burgos; 1353-1435), Scrutinium Scripturarum. With Passages concerning the conversion of Jews to Christianity; (a) unidentified; (b) Letter of Pope Gregory I to Pascasius, bishop of Naples
Description:
In Latin., Script: Arts. 1 and 3 written below top line in fere-humanistic script by a single scribe who frequently erased and rewrote the text; art. 2 added in another hand. Some later marginalia., Crudely executed initial and full border on f. 9r: gold initial, 11-line, on blue rectangular ground, with white vine-stem ornamentation highlighted in green; border in gold, blue, pale pink, mauve and green, consisting of swirling acanthus leaves, flowers, birds, gold dots and leaves around bar border in upper and outer margin, and with putti supporting laurel wreath (arms effaced) in lower margin. One penwork initial of pathetic quality, 8-line, red and blue divided body accompanied by red and blue penwork designs, on f. 125v. Table of contents (art. 1) and headings throughout, in bright red. Remains of notes to rubricator., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Red goatskin, with green, gold-tooled labels. Yellow edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Naples (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Paulus de Sancta Maria.
Subject (Topic):
Conversion, Christianity, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Judaism, and Manuscripts, Medieval
