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Add MS 27009
- Record Id:
- 032-003313876
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- Add MS 27009
- Title:
- Collection of kabbalistic texts
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003313876
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 106 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27009 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 27009
Collection of kabbalistic texts
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic texts, consisting of two originally distinct manuscripts.
Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 106 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).Hand(s)
Italian and Sefardi semi-cursive scripts of the 15th century.
Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Perush Hat-Tephilloth. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,009.'
History
Origin: 15th century ; ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile his manuscript no. 119; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum through Asher & Co. in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153); inscribed, folio [107v].
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Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-59vTitle: Perush ha-tefilotTitle: פרוש התפלותPhysical Description
Paper and parchment codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: mixedSupport: Paper and parchment.Extent: 60 foliosDimensions (leaf): 225 × 160 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-59.
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 leaves each. 2 inner quires are parchment, the rest is paper.
Condition
Stained.
Water-damaged.
First leaf injured.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layout.
Instead of catchwords, catch-letters are used, the first letter of the first word of a folio being written at the end of the preceding page.
Many corrections and variant readings have been supplied in the margin.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 15th century ; ItalyII
Contents
ff. 60r-105vTitle: Zohar ḥadash (midrash Rut)Title: זהר חדש (מדרש רות)Filiation: Cf. the contents of Add MS 16407/III.Physical Description
Fragment of a paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 45 foliosDimensions (leaf): 225 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.Foliation:Folios 60-105
Collation
One complete quire of 16 leaves (folios 60-75), one quire of 15 leaves (folios 76-90, missing one leaf at the beginning), and the last quire of 15 leaves (folios 91-105, missing one leaf at the end).
Condition
Heavily water-damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layuot.
Initial words written in square characters.
Catchwords from folio to folio, those at the end of quires being distinguished by an accompanying small pen and ink design.
Additional notes and comments supplied in the margin.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive of the 15th century.
Additions:Folio 106r (a vellum end flyleaf): a note in Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century, headed 'de῾ot ha-filosofim').
History
Origin: 15th century ; Italy?Provenance
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=Add_MS_27009 (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. 751.Bibliography
[Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).Funding of Cataloguing
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