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Or 4104
- Record Id:
- 032-003312274
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4104
- Title:
- Collection of mathematical treatises
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 178 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_4104 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 4104
Collection of mathematical treatises
Contents
A collection of mathematical treatises.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-178vTitle: ḲovetsTitle: קובץSee Neubauer, JQR 3 (1891), p. 619; Richler 1987, p. 145 n. 103.
Title page with penwork decoration, in black and red. f. 1r
ff. 1r-15rTitle: Ner Yisra᾿elTitle: נר ישראלA treatise on Hebrew chronology, in 14 chapters.
ff. 15v-28rTitle: Ḥibur bi-tekhunahTitle: חבור בתכונהIn Arabic and Hebrew.
ff. 28v-67rTitle: Kitāb al-misāḥahTitle: כתאב אלמסאחהA treatise on geometry.
ff. 67v-104rTitle: LuḥotTitle: לוחותCalendrical tables.
ff. 104v-170vTitle: Kitab ma῾arij al-fikrTitle: כתאב מעאריג אלפכרAn astronomy, in 15 chapters.
ff. 171v-175vTitle: Kitab tashil al-mijisṭiTitle: כתאב תסהיל אלמגסטיAn astronomical treatise.
ff. 178v-178vTitle: Ḥibur be-ge῾ometriyahTitle: חבור בגאומטריהA treatise on geometry in Hebrew, imperfect at the end.
Physical Description
Paper codex of approximately 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 178 foliosDimensions (leaf): 275 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 205 × 145 mm.Foliation:178 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).
Collation
At least 17 quires: i8 (ff. 1-8), ii10 (ff. 9-18), iii8-1 (ff. 19-25), iv-vi10 (ff. 26-35, 36-45, 46-55), vii12 (ff. 56-67), viii10 (ff. 68-77), ix8 (ff. 78-85), x-xii10 (ff. 86-95, 96-105, 106-115), xiii-xiv8 (ff. 116-123, 124-131), xv12 (ff. 132-143), xvi-xvii10 (ff. 144-153, 154-163). The collation of ff. 164-178 is indeterminable.
Signatures in Hebrew characters at the beginning and end of most quires. Numbering is not continuous, but restarts several times (composite codex?).
Condition
Tidemarks and mould-spotting over much of leaves.
Tears and losses repaired, the infill paper now has edge damage and tears.
Old repairs obscure text.
Usage stains, ink smears.
Some worming.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24 25
Written lines: 24 25
Uniform layout.
Visible ruling with mastara.
Section titles in large square characters.
Numerous marginal additions and notes. Some in Arabic script
Diagrams, in red ink.
Tables, in red ink.
Hand(s)
Yemenite square and semi-cursive script of approximately 15th century.
Additions:Birth records (dated 1479-1485), folio 67v.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Mathematical Tracts. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Or. 4104.'
History
Origin: 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Yemen
Mrs Mavrocordato: purchased by the British Museum on 28 April 1890, folio [180v].
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_4104 (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. 154., vol IV (supplement)Neubauer, A. 'The Literature o the Jews in Jemen', Jewish Quarterly Review 3 (1891): 604-622, esp. pp. 619-621.B. Richler, 'Ketuvey-yad ivriyim shenipatselu', Asufot, 1 (1987), pp. 105–158.Funding of Cataloguing
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