Dossier 605 - Writings and research papers of Christian David Ginsburg

Zone d'identification

Cote

Add. MS a/605

Titre

Writings and research papers of Christian David Ginsburg

Date(s)

  • 1868-1909 (Production)

Niveau de description

Dossier

Étendue matérielle et support

2 boxes + 4 vols.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1831-1914)

Notice biographique

Ginsburg was born on 25 December 1831, but the ODNB mistakenly gives the year of his birth as 1821. The censuses for 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911 give his age as 30, 40, 50, 60, 69, and 79 respectively, and the year of his birth is givenread more

Histoire archivistique

The collection has not yet been fully processed, and items may be arranged in a different order in future.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Gift of Emilie Ginsburg, 30 December 1925, through G. F. Barwick.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

A small collection of research papers and writings relating to Ginsburg's work on the Massorah and the Hebrew Bible, some of which appear prepared for publication.

Zone des sources complémentaires

Related units of description

A bound page proof of a Massoretico-critical edition of the Hebrew Bible by Christian D. Ginsburg [in Hebrew], London, 1894 was given to Trinity College by William Aldis Wright in 1914, and has been catalogued as 272.b.85.85. A pencilled note on aread more

Zone des notes

Note

Cite as: Trinity College Library Cambridge, Writings and Research Papers of Christian David Ginsburg, Add Ms a 605.

Archivist's note

Preliminary description created by Diana Smith using information obtained from Theodor Dunkelgrün via Nicolas Bell in August 2019.