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Or 2464

Record Id:
032-003313077
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Or 2464
Title:
Two fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali on Genesis
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
101 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2464 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
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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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2464

Two fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali on Genesis

Contents

Two fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali on Genesis.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-101v
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Perush
Title: פרוש

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of approximately the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 101 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end)

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Commentary on Genesis. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2464.'

History

Origin: 14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

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-4v
Author: Japheth ben Ali יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Commentary on Genesis

Comments on chapters 2 and 25.

Includes an Arabic translation of 25:19-26.

Of the Hebrew text only the opening words of each verse are given.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 151 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-4.

Collation

A single quire.

Condition

All folios partially water-damaged and/or mutilated.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 24

Written lines: 24

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental square of 14th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 5r-101v
Title: Commentary on Genesis 28-38

Includes a translation of chapters 28:11-31:24, 31:33-38:22.

Only opening words of each verse are given in Hebrew.

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 97 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 5-101.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Condition

Several lacunae.

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Visible ruling with hard-point.

Two blank lines are interposed between the end of a weekly section and the beginning of a new one.

Hand(s)

Oriental square script of 14th 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_2464 (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. 258.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL