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| manuscripts, hebrew -- 17th century -- texts. | 61 |
| manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts. | 60 |
| piyutim -- texts. | 52 |
| illustrated works (manuscripts). | 44 |
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[Letter, 15 July 1904, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Woldah Haimanot of the British Legation to Charles Singer in answer to his enquiry concerning the customs and religious practices of the Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel) (original)].
Singer, Charles Joseph (1876-1960)
1904
Title supplied by cataloguer. Summary: The item contains the original letter by Woldah Haimanot with annotations and corrections by Charles Singer in preparation for its publication in the Jewish Q...
[Illuminated patent of protection (original), 30 September 1787, Rome, Cardinal Pasquale Acquaviva d’Aragona for David Sanson and Aron Pavia of Mantua].
1787
Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 244. As of 2020, MS Roth 244 missing. This description is based on the microfilm of MS Roth 244 ...
[Letter, 4 March 1801, Joshua van Oven to Patrick Colquhoun, Esq., regarding the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in London (copy)].
Van Oven, Joshua
1801
Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 242. As of 2020, MS Roth 242 missing. This description is based on the microfilm of MS Roth 243 ...
[Part of envelope, 10 August 1853, Isaac Disraeli to George de Burgh. Letter, 30 August 1857, Sir David Salomons to the Lord Mayor (original). Envelope, 29 January 1872, from William Ewart Gladstone addressed to Sir David Salomons].
[1853–1872]
Title supplied by cataloguer. MS Roth *290, a small collection of miscellaneous letters and envelopes, 1830–1857, from and to prominent English Jews contained two more letters and a note by Roth w...
[Legal Instrument].
1560
MS Roth 293 came into Cecil Roth’s possession between 1950, the year in which Roth's catalogue was published, and July 1962, the year in which the document was microfilmed for the NLI. Malcolm Davis...
[Tefilot u-fiyuṭim be-khitve yad ḳeṭanim shonim]. [תפלות ופיוטים בכתבי יד קטנים שונים]. [Small miscellaneous liturgical manuscripts].
[18th-19th century]
Hebrew and English titles supplied by cataloguer. Bibliographical note: Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 55. National Library of Israel (NLI),...
[Ḳemeʿot, mezuzot, shiṿiti, leḥashim, u-teḥineh be-yidish (9 peraṭim)]. [קמיעות, מזוזות, שויתי, לחשים, ותחינה ביידיש (ט׳ פרטים)]. [Amulets, mezuzot scrolls, spells, and a Yiddish prayer (9 items)].
[18th–19th century]
Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Shivisi. שוויתי. Ḳemeʿah. קמיעה. קמעה. Ḳameʿa. קמע. Mezuzah. מזוזה. Teḥinah. Tḥineh. Teḥinot. Teḥines. Tḥi...
[Birkat ha-mazon le-Shabat u-Fesaḥ ke-minhag Ḳaraʾim]. [ברכת המזון לשבת ופסח כמנהג קראים]. [Grace after meals, for Sabbath and Passover, Karaite].
[17th century]
Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 602. Variant title: Birkat ha-mazon le-ḥag ha-Pe...
De Febre maligna puncticulari / Petrus à Castro.
[17th century]
Title supplied from title page. Medical work about typhus. Index on folios II–XIII (and the end of the item). On the identity of Pedro de Castro (b. 1603–after 1657), with Ezekiel de Castr...
[Cecil Roth’s research material relating to the Penzance Hebrew Congregation]
[c 1930–c 1965]
Title supplied by cataloguer. Used to be inserted into MS Roth 205: Revised regulations of the Penzance Hebrew Congregation (Cornwall) 1844. 29 items reflecting Roth’s research on the Penzance ...
[Shiṿiti]. [שויתי]. [Amulet : Psalm 67 in form of menorah].
[18th–19th century]
Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Shiṿisi. שוויתי. Ḳemeʿa. קמיע. Ḳemeʿah. קמיעה. קמע. Verso is blank. State of text: Ink erosion with loss of text. Som...