Hebräische Inkunabeln
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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: email
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information@ub.uni-frankfurt.de
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Reference number
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Inc. 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 Incunabulum
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Title (official language of the state)
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Hebräische Inkunabeln
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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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15th century
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Language(s)
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heb
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Extent
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66 books
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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The Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg comprises a rich collection of Hebrew incunabula, including some produced in Portugal and Spain. It is the case of the following copies:
Inc. hebr. 17 and Inc. hebr. 19: Jacob ben Acher's Arbaʿah turim. Hijar: Eliezer Alantansi, 1485, 1487.
Inc. hebr. 11 and Inc. hebr. 61: David ben Yosef Abudarham's Perush seder ha-tefilot. Lisbon: Eliezer Toledano, 1489.
Inc. hebr. 44: Nachmanides' Hidushe ha-Torah. Lisbon: Eliezer Toledano, 1489.
Inc. hebr. 41: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (books 1-3). Portugal or Spain: Mosheh ben Sheʾaltiʾel, c. 1491 ?.
Inc. hebr. 57: David ben Shelomoh Ibn Yahya's Proverbia. Lisbon: Eliezer Toledano, 1492.
Inc. hebr. 18: Jacob ben Acher's Tur Orach Harim. Leiria: Abraão d'Ortas, 1495.
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Inc. hebr. 11
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Inc. hebr. 17 and Inc. hebr. 19
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Inc. hebr. 17 and Inc. hebr. 19 (1485)
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Inc. hebr. 17 and Inc. hebr. 19 (1487)
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Inc. hebr. 18
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Inc. hebr. 41
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Inc. hebr. 44
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Inc. hebr. 57
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Inc. hebr. 61
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Archival history
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The Hebrew incunabula were donated to the University Library by Frankfurt Jews between the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. The first Hebrew incunabulum came from the collection of Aron Moses Fuld (1790–1847) and was donated by his son in 1867. Other incunabula were gifts from the private library of Professor Abraham Berliner (1833-1915) in 1899 and from Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828-1901)'s Foundation, founded by his wife Mathilde von Rothschild (1832-1924) in 1901. The collection increased substantially with the donation of the collection of Abraham Merzbacher (1812-1885) in 1903. The incunabulum Inc. hebr. 56 came from Johann Reuchlin’s estate.
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(source: Universitätsbibliothek - Hebräische Inkunabeln)
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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 libraries in Frankfurt: 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 merged 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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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2022
