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Or 5065

Record Id:
032-003312257
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Or 5065
Title:
Fragments of the commentary on the Pentateuch based on the works of Eleazar of Worms
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
21 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5065 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1542
End Date:
1542
Date Range:
1542
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CE
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Names:
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Fischel Hirsch
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Or 5065

Fragments of the commentary on the Pentateuch based on the works of Eleazar of Worms

Contents

Fragments of the commentary on the Pentateuch based on the works of Eleazar of Worms.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-21v
Title: Perush ha-Torah
Title: פרוש התורה
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה, 1176-1238
Filiation: Cf. [Neubauer_1891] 268, 1812.
Colophon: סליק מדרש ה' חומשי תורה מיסוד הר' אליעזר מגרמיישא זלה"ה שנת ה'ש'ב' ליצירה ב'ר'ח' תמוז. f. 21v
ff. 1r-5v
Title: Fragment on Genesis and Exodus
ff. 5v-11v
Title: Fragment on Leviticus
ff. 11v-16v
Title: Fragment on Numbers
ff. 16v-21v
Title: Fragment on Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 21 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

21 folios (+ 1 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and 36 at the end).

Hebrew original foliation.

Collation

Quires of 10 leaves.

Condition

Defective at the beginning.

Signs of worming.

A long lacuna after folio 1.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 31

Written lines: 31

Watermarks on folio 2 and back flylef (i). The first watermark is a hand, the second watermark is a vase with a crescent at the top and a monogramm (CO?), similar to [Heawood_1950] 3603 (dated to 1646, England).

Uniform layout.

Catchwords on every verso, partly cut away.

Larger square initials.

Marginal additions and notes.

Hand(s)

Small Italian semi-cursive script, unpunctuated, of the 16th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Ele'azar of Worms. Commentary on the Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Or. 5065.'

History

Origin: 1542 Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Fischel Hirsch: purchased by the British Museum from him on 16 July 1896 (back flyleaf [xxxvi]v).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5065 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 216.

Bibliography

    [Neubauer_1891] Neubauer, Adolf. 'Petite Grammaire Hébraïque Provenant de Yemen, Texte Arabe Publíe d’après Les Manuscrits Connus'. Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz, 1891.
    [Heawood_1950] Edward Heawood. 'Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries. [With a Portrait.]'. Hilversum: Paper Publications Society, 1950.

Funding of Cataloguing

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