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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Zürich
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Zentralbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Ms. Car. C 126
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Moses Maimonides, Sefer Moreh Nevukhim
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · I +167 ff. · 23 x 17.8 cm · Sepharad (Catalonia ?) · 1292
Language:
Language
Hebrew, Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This elegant illuminated copy of the Sefer Moreh Nevukhim (Guide to the Perplexed) by Moses Maimonides was produced in Christian Spain in 1292. It is a copy of the Hebrew translation of the work made in 1204 by Samuel ben Judah Ibn Tibbon (1150-1230). The manuscript arrived in Italy either after the Jewish persecutions of 1391 or the ensuing expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian peninsula in 1492. It was in the possession of the renowned Bolognese Sforno family before reappearing in the early 17th century in the hands of the Italian Jewish apostate and inquisitor Renato da Modena. After more than a century, the manuscript reappeared in the possession of Johann Caspar Ulrich (1705-1768) a Protestant theologian, who donated it in 1762 to the Bibliotheca Ecclesia Carolina, the chapter library of the reformed Grossmünster church of Zurich. In 1835, when the chapter was dissolved, the books and manuscripts of the chapter library became part of the new Cantonal Library in Zurich. Finally in 1917, the holdings of this library, among others, formed the new Zentralbibliothek, where the manuscript still remains today. (iss)
Standard description:
Standard description
Dr. Justine Isserles, chercheure associée, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Saprat (Paris), 2019.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-zbz-Ms-Car-C0126 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-zbz-Ms-Car-C0126)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/zbz/Ms-Car-C0126
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Car. C 126: Moses Maimonides, Sefer Moreh Nevukhim (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/zbz/Ms-Car-C0126).
Online Since:
Online Since
03/19/2020
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
13th century
Dated:
Dated
1292
Decoration:
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Binding:
Binding
16th century
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