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Or 2463
- Record Id:
- 032-003313078
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2463
- Title:
- A Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japhet ben Ali on Genesis (ch. 1 and 18)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003313078
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 103 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2463 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1500-1699
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 2463
A Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japhet ben Ali on Genesis (ch. 1 and 18)
Contents
A Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japhet ben Ali on Genesis 1 and Genesis 18.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-103vTitle: PerushimTitle: פרושיםPhysical Description
Composite paper codex of approximately 16-17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 103 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).Binding
BM/BL in-house.
History
Origin: 16th-17th 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, back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-9vTitle: Commentary on Genesis 1Imperfect at the end.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 9 foliosDimensions (leaf): 220 × 151 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-9.
Collation
A singe quire, wanting last folio.
Singed with Hebrew letters and Arabic word on the upper margin of the first page.
Condition
All folios partially water-damaged and/or mutilated.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 19
Written lines: 19
Biblical quotations with the Arabic translation is embodied.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive of 16th to 17th century.
II
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 10r-103vTitle: Commentary on Genesis 18:25-50:7Portions of the Hebrew text, in part punctuated and accentuated (red ink), accompanied by the Arabic translation.
The beginning of the weekly section is distinguished by being written in larger letters.
The end of weekly section is marked by three letters 'pe'.
Several masoretic notes.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 94 foliosDimensions (leaf): 215 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 115 mm.Foliation:Folios 10-103.
Collation
5 quires (out of original 28, folios 10-48) of 10 leaves each, signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page and on the lower margin of the last page.
9 quires (folios 49-103) of originally 10 leaves each, signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page and on the lower margin of the last, but only the 5th and 7th quires are fully preserved.
Condition
Several lacunae.
Water-damaged.
Several folios are mutilated.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 21
Written lines: 21
Hebrew punctuation is given in red ink.
Biblical quotations are provided separately in the upper part of the page, followed by translation in the lower part of the page.
Hand(s)
Oriental square and semi-cursive script of 16th to 17th century, partially punctuated.
ff. 10r-48vff. 49r-103vAdditional 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_2463 (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. 257.Funding of Cataloguing
BL