• Ms. 314




    Categories

    Poetry
    Manuscript

    [Collection of copies of letters containing poetry]


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. 314

    Place:
    Spain?

    Date:
    between 1550s and 1590s

    Description:
    ink on paper, 28 pages (20 x 14.8 cm.); Sephardi cursive Hebrew characters

    Former Owner:
    Fraenkel, 79

    Subject:
    Poetry


    Collection of copies of letters which include works of poetry. These include: (1) a letter by Joshua de Viana (pp.1-4); (2) letters from the financier Benveniste ben Solomon Ibn Lavi (d.1411): (a) to the physician Astruc Rimoch (who was known after his conversion as Francisco Dios Carme) (pp.5-8); (b) to the court physician and chief rabbi Don Meir Alguadez (pp.9-12); (c) to Joseph Judah Buena (pp.13-16); (d) to Joseph Orabuena in Tudela, as well as others, including his own son Don Vidal Ibn Lavi (pp.17-26). The manuscript is incomplete at the end.

    Author: Joshua de Viana; Benveniste ben Solomon Ibn Lavi


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1293984138


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