Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts
Date (inclusive): ca. 1500-1950
Collection number: 960
Creator:
N. Feldman
Extent:
6 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box.
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.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1965.
Processing Note
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).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts (Collection 960). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
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 The manuscripts include unpublished commentaries, homilies, polemic works,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, Hafṭarot, 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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Judaism--Manuscripts.
Jews--Italy--Archival resources.
Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Feldman, N.--collector.
Related Material
Joseph Bénoliel Papers (Collection 1625). Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
