Ibhronoth Literature Collection
A manuscript work on intercalation in Hebrew, 138 pages. Accompanied by correspondence from Roger Mortimer of Washington University Special Collections to Herbert C. Zafren of Hebrew Union College requesting further information (July 12th, 1974; 2 pages); correspondence from I. O. Lehman of Hebrew Union College to Roger Mortimer (July 17th, 1974; 1 page); and 1 sheet of handwritten notes about the manuscript (probably by Professor Steven Schwarzschild of Washington University).
Dates
- Creation: undated
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
4.00 items
1 folders
Historical Information
The manuscript is characteristic of Ibronot literature concerning the Hebrew calendar, facilitating the determination of holidays, scriptural readings, etc. for Jewish travelers. The author, probably a rabbi, is unknown, though the book has an inscription giving the purchase date as the 4th of Kislev, 1649 (the volume itself may be considerably older). Front cover is missing; the back cover is blind-stamped pigskin, probably executed in the Protestant area of Germany (it bears roll-stamped portraits of Erasmus, Luther, and Melanchton). The manuscript features tables, diagrams, annotations, and marginalia, and includes the formula "The wise will understand sufficiently."
Processing Information
Processed February 1976
- Title
- Ibhronoth Literature Collection
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021 March 17: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area
Joel Minor
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu