Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts
- Dates:
- ca. 1500-1950
- Creators:
- N. Feldman
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of 51 Hebrew manuscripts and 3 printed works on a variety of subjects, including religion, mysticism, Jewish law, liturgy, medicine, history, biography and science.
- Extent:
- 6 boxes (3.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box.
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts (Collection 960). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of 51 Hebrew manuscripts and 3 printed works dating from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with an emphasis on early modern religious discourse. The manuscripts include unpublished commentaries, homilies, polemic works, poetry and personal papers. Subjects are varied and include religion, mysticism, Jewish law, liturgy, medicine, history, biography and science. The origin and authorship of the manuscripts varies widely, though Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish communities from Italy and Amsterdam are well represented. The collection also contains a number of manuscripts from the Cummings, Rosenberg-Lewin, and Be?noliel collections from the UCLA Library Department of Special Collections.
Notable items include a 2-volume Aramaic translation of the Torah with weekly Torah readings, Hafá¹arot, and liturgy for the Holy Days, in fully vocalized Yeminite script; a 17th century illustrated work on astronomy by Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra; commemorative works to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore; a manuscript by David Hayim Korinaldi; a collection of personal papers and a commonplace book by Joseph Bénoliel; and an American manuscript related to the Hebrew Association, with writings on protocols of Yeshivas, Judaism, Reformed Judaism, Israel, Zionism, Socialism and Christianity.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 1965.
- Processing information:
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Processed by EunJoo Kim in 2004, with editing assistance from Liron Elkan and Laurel McPhee, 2005, in the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2009
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro by Caroline Cubé. Date of source: 2005 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala and Caroline Cubé, Kelley Wolfe Bachli and Amy Shung-Gee Wong.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts (Collection 960). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988