Hebräische Handschriften
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Country
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DE
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Name of institution (English)
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University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg
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Language of name of institution
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deu
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Contact information: postal address
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Bockenheimer Landstr. 134-138, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
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Contact information: phone number
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0049 06939205
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0049 79839205
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Contact information: web address
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https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/en?locale=en
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Contact information: email
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information@ub.uni-frankfurt.de
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Reference number
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Ms. hebr.
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Fragm. hebr.
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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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Hebrew Manuscripts
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Title (official language of the state)
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Hebräische Handschriften
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Language of title
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deu
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Creator / accumulator
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Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
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Date note
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13th century/20th century
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Language(s)
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ara
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deu
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dut
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fra
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heb
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ita
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lat
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rus
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spa
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yid
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Extent
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431 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Scope and content
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The Hebräische Handschriften of the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg comprises 431 Hebrew manuscripts, including fragments, bibles, biblical and Talmudic commentaries, important halakhic, liturgical, kabbalistic, philosophical, and scientific manuscripts, as well as poetry and memoirs of Jewish communities. The collection includes two manuscripts produced in 15th-century Spain. One is a Perush Mishle copied in the yeshivah of Toledo in 1477 (Ms. hebr. oct. 56). It was copied by no less than eight scribes and includes a commentary on Proverbs by Ha-Meiri, presumably copied by students of the yeshivah (see Reigler 1997, 392-393). The other is a copy of Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi's Perush ha-Ran produced in Salamanca, in 1462 (Ms. hebr. oct. 112).
This collection also includes the manuscript Memoirs of Glikl von Hameln (1646-1724) from 1681 to 1719 (Ms. hebr. oct. 2), which includes an account of the Sabbatean movement in Hamburg, as well as information on the establishment of the Portuguese Jews in the city Hamburg and their connections with other communities in the Italian Peninsula, Northwestern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. This manuscript is described in the digital collection Key Documents of German-Jewish History.
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Ms. hebr. oct. 56
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Ms. hebr. oct. 112
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Ms. hebr. oct. 2
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Key Documents of German-Jewish History
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Archival history
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The greatest part of the Hebrew manuscripts of the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg is originally from the collection of Rabbi Abraham Merzbacher (1812-1885). These manuscripts were acquired in 1903, with the financial support of Jewish philanthropists in Frankfurt. Another part of this collection is composed of manuscripts that belonged to Rabbi Eljakim Carmoly (1802-1875). Some were especially created for members of the Rothschild family and later donated to the University Library.
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(source: Universitätsbibliothek - Hebräische Handschriften)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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When the University of Frankfurt am Main was founded in 1914, it did not have its own library. Instead, the University was served by five existing Frankfurt libraries: Senckenbergische Bibliothek, Rothschildsche Bibliothek, Kunstgewerbebibliothek and Zentralbibliothek des Städtischen Krankenhauses. In 1945, these libraries were merged to form the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, with the exception of the Senckenberg Bibliothek, which remained an independent institution. Finally, in 2005, the Stadt-und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (StUB) and the Senckenberg Library (SeB) were joined and gave origin to the Central Library of the University of Frankfurt am Main under the name of Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg.
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(source: Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg website)
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System of arrangement
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The items are organised under the general rules of library management.
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Author of the description
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Kevin Soares, 2022
