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Or 2465

Record Id:
032-003313076
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Or 2465
Title:
Three fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Genesis
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
83 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2465 (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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Material Type:
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2465

Three fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Genesis

Contents

Three fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Genesis.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-83v
Title: Perush
Title: פרוש

f. 1r, 13r an ornamental design in in pen and ink.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of approximately 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 83 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Decoration

An ornamental design in pen and ink. f. 1r, 13r

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

History

Origin: 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

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

I

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-14v
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Commentary on Genesis 1-3

Includes the unpointed text of chapters 1:3, 2:8, 10-14, 3:1-3; each verse is followed by an Arabic translation.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 14 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 183 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 125 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-14.

Collation

Fragments of five quires (folios 1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6-7, 8, 9-10).

Condition

All folios partially water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14

Written lines: 14

The unpointed biblical text is embodied, followed by an Arabic translation.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of 15th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 15r-73v
Title: Commentary on Genesis 24:20-26-28

The pointed and accentuated Hebrew text is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.

Includes some masoretic notes.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Filiation: Cf. the same handwriting in Margoliouth, Catalogue, nos. 256, 267.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 58 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 15-73.

Collation

Quires 4-9, of 10 leaves each (except the 9th which is imperfect at the end).

Quires signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page and with Hebrew letters on the lower margin of the last page.

Condition

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Hebrew text is embodied.

Ruled with mastara.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of 15th century.

III

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 74r-83v
Title: Commentary on Genesis 37 (fragments)
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 10 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 183 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 148 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 74-83.

Collation

Fragments of 2 quires (folios 74-75 and 76-83).

Each verso is signed with a catchoword.

Condition

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Ruled with mastara.

The pointed and accentuated Hebrew text is embodied, accompanied with an Arabic translation.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of 15th 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_2465 (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. 259.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL