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Or 2566

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032-003313067
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Or 2566
Title:
Two fragments of Karaite commentaries on the Psalms
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
32 folios (+2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2566 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
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Arabic
Hebrew
Start Date:
1100
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1100-1399
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2566

Two fragments of Karaite commentaries on the Psalms

Contents

Two fragments of Arabic commentaries on the books of Psalms.

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-32v
Title: Karaite commentaries
Title: פרושים קראים

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of 12th to 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 32 folios (+2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Condition

Modern restoration, all the folios stuck on modern paper.

Hand(s)

Two different Naskhi hands, with Hebrew square and semi-cursive scripts, of 12th to 14th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Comm. on Psalms. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Or. 2566.'

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

I

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-26v
Title: Comments on the Psalms

Fragments of a short anonymous Arabic commentary on the Psalms, comprising chapters 32-51, 55-68, 69-80. The author of the short notes is, perhaps, Levi ha-Levi ben Japhet.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 27 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 100 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-26

Collation

3 quires of originally 10 leaves each.

Quire 1 and 3 are imperfect.

Condition

Folios missing at the beginning and at the end, and after folios 8 and 18.

Many extant leaves are more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17

Written lines: 17

Hand(s)

A cursive Naskhi and Hebrew semi-cursive script of approximately 12th to 13th century.

History

Origin: 12th-13th century

II

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 27r-32v
Title: Comments on the Psalms

Contains short Arabic comments on the Psalms, comprising chapters 139-150. The author of the short notes in both parts is, perhaps, Levi ha-Levi ben Japhet.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 100 mm.
Dimensions (written): 112 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 27-32

Collation

Fragment of a single quire.

Condition

Last three folios partly damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14 16

Written lines: 14 16

Hand(s)

An Arabic Naskhi and Hebrew (Oriental) square of approximately 13th to 14th century.

History

Origin:

Additional Information

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_2566 (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. 336.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL