Archivio dell'Ospedale Santa Maria delle Scalette: Fr. Ms. ebr.
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
Historical Municipal Archive of Imola
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
ita
Contact information: postal address
Via Emilia 80, 40026 Imola
Contact information: phone number
0039 0542602693
0039 0542602605
0039 0542602696
0039 0542602605
0039 0542602696
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
bim.archivi@comune.imola.bo.it
comune.imola@cert.provincia.bo.it
comune.imola@cert.provincia.bo.it
Reference number
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria della Scaletta
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Archive of Santa Maria delle Scalette Hospital: Hebrew Manuscripts Fragments
Title (official language of the state)
Archivio dell'Ospedale Santa Maria delle Scalette: Fr. Ms. ebr.
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Congregazione dell'Ospedale di Santa Maria delle Scalette
Date(s)
1335/1936
Date note
Fragments datable between the 12th and 15th centuries reused in 16th and 17th-century documentation
Language(s)
heb
Extent
935 storage units
The fragments identified and related to the Sephardic context are 25, contained in 13 storage units.
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Satisfactory
Scope and content
The Archivio dell'Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta includes parchment fragments of Hebrew codices from the 13th and 14th centuries that were reused for the binding of some later codices. These manuscripts arrived in Central and Northern Italy from the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Sicily, and Sardinia between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, following the Sephardic diaspora. The currently catalogued fragments are the following:
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1633: two Hebrew fragments in bifolium of a Bible (Kings 1), written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1633: two Hebrew fragments in bifolium of a Bible (Kings 1), written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1703: two Hebrew fragments of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1703: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1701: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1701: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1673: a Hebrew fragment of Maimonides's Mishneh Torah (Zemanim, Hilkot Lulav, Shofar), written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1673: a Hebrew fragment of Maimonides's Mishneh Torah (Zemanim, Hilkot Lulav, Shofar), written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1632: six Hebrew fragments of Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil's Sefer Mitzvot Katan, written in semicursive Sephardic script (Northern Africa?).
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Balie, a. 1627: five Hebrew fragments from Bahya ibn Paquda's Hovot ha-levavot and Moses ben Jacob of Coucy's Sefer Mitzvot Gadol, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Balie, a. 1571: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Italo-Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri balie, a. 1555: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1556: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1633: two Hebrew fragments in bifolium of a Bible (Kings 1), written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1633: two Hebrew fragments in bifolium of a Bible (Kings 1), written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1703: two Hebrew fragments of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1703: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1701: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1701: a Hebrew fragment of David Kimḥi's Commentary on Isaiah, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libro Balie, a. 1673: a Hebrew fragment of Maimonides's Mishneh Torah (Zemanim, Hilkot Lulav, Shofar), written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1673: a Hebrew fragment of Maimonides's Mishneh Torah (Zemanim, Hilkot Lulav, Shofar), written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1632: six Hebrew fragments of Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil's Sefer Mitzvot Katan, written in semicursive Sephardic script (Northern Africa?).
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Balie, a. 1627: five Hebrew fragments from Bahya ibn Paquda's Hovot ha-levavot and Moses ben Jacob of Coucy's Sefer Mitzvot Gadol, written in semicursive Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Balie, a. 1571: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Italo-Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri balie, a. 1555: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Sephardic script.
ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria Della Scaletta, Libri Ordinari, a. 1556: a Hebrew fragment of a copy of the Babylonian Talmud, written in square Sephardic script.
Archival history
After the suppression of the religious congregations in 1937, the archive of S. Maria Della Scaletta hospital became under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Imola. In 1984-1985, it was transferred from the Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Imola to the Archivio Storico Comunale di Imola.
Administrative / Biographical history
The name of the Santa Maria Della Scaletta hospital was attributed in the late 14th century to a complex built around 1275 when the movement of the "flagellants" in Imola decided to build a hospital to host and care for sick and poor people from the city and the suburbs.
Starting from the 15th century, the Santa Maria Della Scaletta hospital also opened its doors to welcome abandoned babies and children. The old building was formed through the unification of seven hospitals, in today’s Piazza Matteotti. In 1782, the hospital started to operate in a new building on via Emilia (at present, via Amendola), outside the city walls. During the Napoleonic domination, the complex took the name of “Ospedale Civile" (Civil Hospital) managed by the Congregazione di carità. Finally, with the suppression of the religious congregations in 1937, the hospital's assets and powers were transferred to the municipal bodies dedicated to assistance. In 1938, it was founded the Amministrazione degli Ospedali e Istituzioni Riunite d'Imola (Administration of the Hospitals and Institutions of Imola), which became responsible for managing the Ospedale civile (Ospedale S. Maria Della Scaletta), among other healthcare and aid institutions.
Starting from the 15th century, the Santa Maria Della Scaletta hospital also opened its doors to welcome abandoned babies and children. The old building was formed through the unification of seven hospitals, in today’s Piazza Matteotti. In 1782, the hospital started to operate in a new building on via Emilia (at present, via Amendola), outside the city walls. During the Napoleonic domination, the complex took the name of “Ospedale Civile" (Civil Hospital) managed by the Congregazione di carità. Finally, with the suppression of the religious congregations in 1937, the hospital's assets and powers were transferred to the municipal bodies dedicated to assistance. In 1938, it was founded the Amministrazione degli Ospedali e Istituzioni Riunite d'Imola (Administration of the Hospitals and Institutions of Imola), which became responsible for managing the Ospedale civile (Ospedale S. Maria Della Scaletta), among other healthcare and aid institutions.
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System of arrangement
The fonds is divided into three series: 1) “Carte riordinate da Andreini” (83 folders, 1335-1862), which contains the sub-series of “Libri ordinari” and “Libri delle balie”, which contains the Hebrew fragments; 2) “Opera Pia Ospedale” (59 folders, 1508-1944); and 3) “Servizio Religioso” (2 folders, 1671-1924).
Finding aids
Unpublished finding aids available in the archive:
Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Archivio Ospedale. Carte riordinate da Domenico Andreini. Inv. V/4. Elenco analitico, 1355-1862.
Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Opera pia Ospedale. Inv. V/5. Inventario analitico, [1508 (in copia)-1944].
Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Archivio Ospedale. Servizio religioso. Inv. V/6. Elenco analitico, [1671-1924].
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Author of the description
Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
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