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Or 1022
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- 032-003313956
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- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 1022
- Title:
- Collection of grammatical writings
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 305 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1022 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1300-1399
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 1022
Collection of grammatical writings
Contents
Grammatical writings.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-305vTitle: MikhlolTitle: מכלולTitle: Ba῾al kenafayimTitle: בעל כנפיםMikhlol of David Kimhi, written in parallel columns with Ba῾al kenafayim of Yosef ben Ḥayim Kohen, both works being imperfect at the beginning.
Kimhi's Mikhlol occupies the right-hand column of each page, except for folio 3v, where the order is reversed. The work finishes on folio 298v.
From the second half of folio 298v, where David Kimhi's Mikhlol ends, Ba῾al kenafayim of Yosef ben Ḥayim occupies the entire space, without division to columns.
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 305 foliosDimensions (leaf): 230 × 185 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 130 mm.Foliation:305 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Original Hebrew foliation, starting with no. 40.
Collation
35 quires of mostly 8 or 10 leaves each, marked with signatures at the beginning and at the end (partly preserved), and with catchwords (at the end of each column) at the end of the quires.
Condition
Usage stains.
Folios 304-305 mutilated.
Incomplete at the beginning.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 22
Written lines: 22
Uniform layout.
Visible hard-point ruling and pricking.
Hair side and flesh side of folios distinguishable.
Titles and inital words in larger square characters.
Hand(s)
Sefardi (North African) semi-cursive script of the 14th century.
Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'David Kimchi. Sepher Ham-Mikhlol. Joseph Ben Chaiyim. Ba'al Kenaphayim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 1022.'
History
Origin: 14th century ; Africa, N.Provenance and Acquisition
Samuel David Luzzatto: inscribed with his name, folio 1r.
Censored by Dominico Irosolomitano, Italian censor (active 1575-1624): inscribed with his name, 1596 (folio 302v); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 61, and appendix § 62-74.
Censored by Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active 1600-1624): inscribed with his name, 1628 (folio 303v); see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.
Purchased by the British Museum on 8 January 1870 from Samuel Schönblum: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.
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_1022 (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. 960.Funding of Cataloguing
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