Fondo Manoscritti: frammenti manoscritti ebraici
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Country
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IT
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Name of institution (English)
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Gambalunga City Library of Rimini
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Language of name of institution
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ita
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Contact information: postal address
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Via Gambalunga 27, 47921 Rimini
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0541704486
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Contact information: email
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gambalunghiana@comune.rimini.it
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Reference number
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Biblioteca Civica "Gambalunga", Framm. ebr.
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Manuscript Fonds: Hebrew manuscript fragments
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Title (official language of the state)
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Fondo Manoscritti: frammenti manoscritti ebraici
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Language of title
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ita
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Creator / accumulator
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Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga di Rimini
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Date(s)
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11th century/19th century
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Date note
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The fragments were found in 16th-century codices.
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Language(s)
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heb
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Extent
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ca. 1400 manuscripts
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Satisfactory
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Scope and content
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This collection is composed of about 20 fragments of Hebrew manuscripts that were found in bindings of some 16th-century codices from the manuscript fonds of the Biblioteca Civica "Gambalunga". Already published by Nello Pavoncello and registered by Mauro Perani, most of these fragments belong to a manuscript of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, and are written in Italian square script. The collection also includes fragments pertaining to a manuscript written in Sephardic script that may be dated to the 14th century, as follows:
Fragm. ebr. 15 and 16: Mišneh Torah, Mošeh ben Maimon, Eduyot, Teshuvah, Sanhedrin treatise, written in Sephardic semicursive script.
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Sources:
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Pavoncello, Nello. 1985. “Le pergamene ebraiche nella Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga di Rimini.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 45: 509–13.
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Perani, Mauro. 1991. “Frammenti di manoscritti ebraici medievali utilizzati come copertine in Emilia Romagna.” In Manoscritti, frammenti e libri ebraici nell’Italia dei secoli XV - XVI: S. Miniato, 7-8-9 novembre 1988, edited by Giuliano Tamani. Atti del ... congresso internazionale dell’AISG 7. Roma: Carucci.
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Archival history
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The manuscript fonds of the Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga in Rimini includes about 1,400 manuscripts, of which 384 are incunabula. The original collection was created by the founder of the library, Alessandro Gambalunga (ca. 1554-1619). A large part of the 18th-century library of Cardinal Giuseppe Garampi (1725-1792), prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives from 1751 to 1772, was later incorporated into the collection. The remaining manuscripts were either offered as donations or acquired after the suppression of religious and secular schools, enforced during the Napoleonic period and following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy (1861).
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(source: Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga official website)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga derives from the legacy of Alessandro Gambalunga (ca. 1554-1619), a jurist from Rimini who opened his palace and private library to the public. From an original nucleus of about 2,000 volumes, the library was able to grow over the following centuries by virtue of donations and confiscations of archives and libraries of extinguished convents and other religious organisations. At present, the library comprises about 300,000 volumes, including 1,350 codices and 384 incunabula. At present, the library is divided into five sections: Manoscritti (Manuscripts); Opere a stampa (Printed books); Fondi Speciali (Special fonds); Periodici (Periodics); Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe (Drawings and engravings room).
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(source: Anagrafe Biblioteche Italiane)
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Finding aids
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Unpublished catalogues available in the archive:
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Catalogo Lucchesi (1929-1952)
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Catalogo Maldini (1972-1998)
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Author of the description
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Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
