Tarshish & Divan de Moshé ibn Ezra

Unique manuscript of the complete poetic œuvre of Moshé ibn Ezra (c. 1055 - after 1138), the great Andalusian poet: it contains the Tarshish (10 sections, 1,210 strophes), dedicated to Avraham ibn Ezra, followed by the secular and sacred Divan. 324 folios, quarto, copy later than 1500. Total: 12,000 distichs, of which only 107 + 191 were published by Shadal in Kerem Ḥemed IV. A piece noted by Joseph Luzzatto as the only known copy in the nineteenth century. The frontispiece is in the hand of Yaakov Roman, an earlier owner; the first page, encrusted with ink, was cleaned by Shadal himself. Provenance: 1 Yaakov Roman (frontispiece in his hand) 2 Acquisition by Samuel David Luzzatto, Padua 3 Isaia Luzzatto sale, 1869 4 Bodleian Library (Oppenheim Additional), 1869-1870 Codicological notice — origin to be specified; script: Sephardic; leaves: 324 folios; dimensions: quarto; old catalogues: Joseph Luzzatto Catalogue 1868 · no. 98; Neubauer 1886 · 1972; editorial status: Partial edition available. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-luzzatto-98.

Sources & resources

• Catalogue Joseph Luzzatto, Padoue, 1868, n° 98.
• Shadal, Kerem Ḥemed IV pp. 65-74 et 80-97 (édition partielle).
• Neubauer, A. Catalogue, Oxford, 1886, n° 1972 (325 ff.).
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-luzzatto-98