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Or 2549
- Record Id:
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- Or 2549
- Title:
- Two fragments of Japhet ben Ali Arabic commentaries, on Jeremiah and Ezekiel
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 308 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2549 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Scripts:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 1000-1099
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 2549
Two fragments of Japhet ben Ali Arabic commentaries, on Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Contents
Two fragments of Japhet ben Ali Arabic commentaries, on Jeremiah and Ezekiel, respectively.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-308vTitle: PerushimTitle: פרושיםPhysical Description
Composite paper codex approximately of the 11th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 308 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).Condition
Many of the extant leaves are more or less mutilated.
Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Yefet's Commentary. Hebrew & Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2549.'
History
Origin: 11th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic
ff. 1r-140vTitle: Commentary on the book of JeremiahA fragment of the commentary on Jeremiah 2:17-31, 3:17-5:9, 5:14-9:2, 9:25-10:25, 11:6-20, 23:2-4, 7-10, 17-19, 22-25, 31:6-7, 21-22, 31:33-32:9, 32:12-15, 22-44, 33:9-26, 34:2-36:31, 37:1-38:5.
The biblical text is written in large Arabic characters (using a phonetic transcription), provided with the Hebrew vowel-points and accents in red ink.
An Arabic translation accompanies each verse.
Some masoretic notes.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 140 foliosDimensions (leaf): 207 × 168 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 128 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-140.
Collation
Quires of currently irregular number of leaves, signed with Arabic numerals on the left-hand upper corner of the first page (only a few signatures have been preserved).
Condition
Lacunae after folios: 8, 27, 67, 78, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 96, 97, 105, 111, 132, 140.
Stained.
Several folios damaged, with signs of book-worming.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12 20
Written lines: 12 20
The pointed biblical text in Arabic characters is embodied, followed by an Arabic translation.
The biblical text is written in large Arabic characters (using a phonetic transcription), provided with the Hebrew vowel-points and accents in red ink.
Hand(s)
Arabic script of approximately the 11th century.
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic
ff. 141r-308vTitle: Commentary on EzekielThe pointed and accentuated biblical text of Ez. 3:18-4:10, 4:15-5:15, 6:1-5, 6:7-16:5- 16:7-27, 29-30, 36-45, 16:51-18:7, 19:1-20:38, 20:43-21:!8, 44:11-15, 20-27, 45:5-20 is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.
The biblical text is written in large Arabic characters (using a phonetic transcription), provided with the Hebrew vowel-points and accents in red ink.
An Arabic translation accompanies each verse.
Some masoretic notes.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 167 foliosDimensions (leaf): 202 × 168 mm.Dimensions (written): 178 × 135 mm.Foliation:Folios 141-308.
Collation
Quires of currently irregular number of leaves, signed with Arabic numerals on the left-hand upper corner of the first page (only a few signatures have been preserved).
Condition
Lacunae after folios: 148, 155, 156, 225, 233, 234, 238, 269, 288, 294, 296, 298, 301.
Many folios damaged and/or stained.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12 20
Written lines: 12 20
The pointed biblical text in Arabic characters is embodied, followed by an Arabic translation.
The biblical text is written in large Arabic characters (using a phonetic transcription), provided with the Hebrew vowel-points and accents in red ink.
Hand(s)
Arabic script of approximately 11th century.
Additional Information
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_2549 (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. 283.Funding of Cataloguing
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