Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Plimpton Hebrew 004

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS19901

Shelfmark:

MS Plimpton Hebrew 004

Title:

Toldot yehude Ḳuchin] / / תולדות יהודי קוצין

Hebrew texts

Author:

ʹSaraf, Yiḥya ben Avraham, ha-Leṿi / שרף, אברהם בן יחיא, הלוי

Yiḥya ben Avraham ʹSaraf, ha-Levi WIKIDATA

Place:

S.l.

undetermined TGN

Date:

1781.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Vocalized Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 roll (43 columns) : parchment ; 24 cm

Note:

Shelfmark: MS Plimpton Hebrew 004
Manuscript written on parchment in Rabbinic square script.
The scroll is mounted on a wooden handle, like an Esther scroll.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Jews--Social life and customs

India--Cochin

Early works

Jews

History

Judaism--Customs and practices

Ethnic relations

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/8595488

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_11851172_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library