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Country
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IT
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Name of institution (English)
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Historical Municipal Archive of Imola
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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 Emilia 80, 40026 Imola
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0542602693
0039 0542602605
0039 0542602696
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Contact information: email
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bim.archivi@comune.imola.bo.it
comune.imola@cert.provincia.bo.it
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Reference number
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ASCI, Archivio dell’Ospedale di S. Maria della Scaletta
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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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Archive of Santa Maria delle Scalette Hospital: Hebrew Manuscripts Fragments
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Title (official language of the state)
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Archivio dell'Ospedale Santa Maria delle Scalette: Fr. Ms. ebr.
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Language of title
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ita
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Creator / accumulator
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Congregazione dell'Ospedale di Santa Maria delle Scalette
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Date(s)
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1335/1936
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Date note
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Fragments datable between the 12th and 15th centuries reused in 16th and 17th-century documentation
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Language(s)
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heb
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Extent
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935 storage units
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The fragments identified and related to the Sephardic context are 25, contained in 13 storage units.
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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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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.
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(source: Perani, Mauro. “Frammenti di manoscritti ebraici nell’archivio storico comunale di Imola.” Henoch. Studi storicifilologici sull’ebraismo X (1988): 219–34)
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Archival history
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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.
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(source: Archivio Storico Comunale di Imola website)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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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.
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(source: Archivio Storico Comunale di Imola website)
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System of arrangement
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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).
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Finding aids
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Unpublished finding aids available in the archive:
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Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Archivio Ospedale. Carte riordinate da Domenico Andreini. Inv. V/4. Elenco analitico, 1355-1862.
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Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Opera pia Ospedale. Inv. V/5. Inventario analitico, [1508 (in copia)-1944].
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Rustici, Anna. 1964-1967. Archivio Ospedale. Servizio religioso. Inv. V/6. Elenco analitico, [1671-1924].
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Author of the description
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Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
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Published primary sources
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Perani, Mauro. 1988. “Frammenti di manoscritti ebraici nell’archivio storico comunale di Imola.” Henoch. Studi storicifilologici sull’ebraismo X: 219–34.
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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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Perani, Mauro, and Enrica Sagradini. 2012. Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d’Italia. Vol. 114. Frammenti ebraici negli archivi di Cesena, Faenza, Forlì, Imola, Rimini e Spoleto. Vol. Volume CXIV. Firenze: L.S. Olschki.
