Hebräische Inkunabeln
Item
Country
DE
Name of institution (English)
University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
deu
Contact information: postal address
Bockenheimer Landstr. 134-138, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Contact information: phone number
0049 06939205
0049 79839205
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
information@ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Reference number
Inc. hebr.
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Hebrew Incunabulum
Title (official language of the state)
Hebräische Inkunabeln
Language of title
deu
Creator / accumulator
Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Date note
15th century
Language(s)
heb
Extent
66 books
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
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.
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.
Archival history
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.
Administrative / Biographical history
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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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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