France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1061

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1061

Miscellany

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 213 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 215 x 145 mm

Detailed Description
  • Material Description:
    The folios 3r - 6v , 137r - 139v , 145r - 147v , 186r - 190v , 214r - 217v are blank except for a few handwritten annotations or pen essays.
  • Foliation:
    1-217 in brown ink.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column, 25-26 lines to the page. Writing surface 140 x 100 mm or 140 x 80 mm.
  • Hand Description:
    Hebrew script of the Byzantine (Cretan) type.
  • Binding Description:
    Oriental red Chagrin leather binding.
  • Provenance:
    On f. 105r , the colophon indicates that the copyist Abraham Kohen completed the copy of the play on 23 Tebet 5224 (1464) for Eliya ben Moshe, whose name letters also appear reversed. The watermarks found on f. 17r (scissors) and f. 142r (letter S) are close to Briquet no 3689 and no 9083. They are attested at the same time as the copy. The paper of the second piece presents a griffin, similar to Briquet no 7457 attested already at the beginning of the 15th century.
History
  • Origin Date: 1461
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Averroes Commentary on De Animalibus 1r - 3v
  • Incipit:
    נרצה בזה המאמר לתת הדרכים והסדרים הדבריים המיוחדים במלאכה המעיינת בטבעו בעלי חיים.