Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Florence, Italy
Plut. 2.17
Even Bohan / Hebrew Matthew witness
A Hebrew manuscript of Even Boḥan that includes a Hebrew version of Matthew.
- Where is it today?
- Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Florence, Italy - When was it made?
- 1500s
- Language
- Hebrew
- Format
- Bound book
- What is it?
- A later Hebrew Matthew manuscript inside the work Even Boḥan. It is not the original Gospel of Matthew.
THE STORY
How did this manuscript get here?
We do not know the exact place where this manuscript was first copied. The sources we have checked do not say.
Even Boḥan was written by Shem Tov ben Isaac ibn Shaprut, whom the Laurenziana/Biblissima record lists as “R. Isaach Schem Tob.” That identifies the author of the work. The copyist of this surviving physical codex has not yet been confirmed in the sources MANUSKRPT has checked.
Its earlier path is still being researched. Today it is kept at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, Italy.
Hebrew in a semi-cursive Sephardic script. Scholarly descriptions of Plut. 2.17 identify the hand more specifically than simply “Hebrew handwriting from the 1500s.”
- Can you view it?
- Yes — here
- Do we have the text?
- Not yet
- Linked to Bible passages?
- Not yet
- Where can you view it?
- On the library website
MANUSCRIPT VIEWEROn the library website
IMAGE ACCESS
THE MANUSCRIPT IS IN MANUSKRPT. THE PAGE IMAGES ARE NOT AVAILABLE HERE YET.
MANUSKRPT uses the in-house viewer when image access and reuse are cleared. For this record, use the library link below until that is resolved.
CONTEXT
Why it is fascinating
It is another important piece in the later history of Hebrew Matthew. Seeing several Hebrew Matthew manuscripts side by side helps us understand that they are not all the same copy or the same text.
We do not have a full readable text here yet
TEXT COMPARISON
Have we compared the wording?
Not yet. We will only list differences after the manuscript text has been checked line by line.
CONTINUE EXPLORING
Where does this object lead next?
These suggestions come from known relationships, shared works, language, collection, institution, or chronology — not from a guessed family tree.
About the images
The library has page images online, but its publication rules may require permission or fees. MANUSKRPT links to the library until that is fully settled.