France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 888

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 352 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 290 x 210 mm
Detailed Description
  • Material Description:
    At the beginning and at the end two folios each not numbered.
  • Collation:
  • Condition Description:
    21 Pages cut out: after f. 41v (2 pages), after f. 107v (1 page), after f. 140v (2), after f. 145v (1), after 167v (1), after 199v (2), after 231v (2), after 247v (2), after 263v (2), after 279v (1), after 295v (2), after 311v (2) and after 344v (1). Some corrections made in the margins.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column, 26-27 lines to the page.
  • Hand Description:
    Two hands. Spanish. Until the end of the sixth book (1r-158v) middle, rabbinic hand of sephardic type of writing. From the seventh book on (161r-352r) cursive writing, probably earlier. Black and dark brown ink lighter towards the end of the work.
  • Binding Description:
    Soft parchment binding. Traces of straps. Holes in the parchment.
  • Provenance:
    נסיונות קולמוס: "החתן יוסף בר’ יצחק דקווליון זצ"ל" "בונפוש אשטיירק דקאשטייל", ו"בונדאוי אביגדור".
History
  • Origin Date: First third of 14th cent.
  • Origin Place: Italy
  • Hermann Zotenberg , Catalogues des manuscrits hébreux et samaritains de la Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (1866) , pp. 153 [ 888 ]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [ Paris BN 888 ]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 352r