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Or 1099

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Or 1099
Title:
῾Ets ḥayim by Aaron ben Elijah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
139 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
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:
Aaron ben Elijah, 1328-1369
Aaron ben Elijah, 1328-1369
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 1099

῾Ets ḥayim by Aaron ben Elijah

Contents

A treatise on the philosophy of religion.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-139v
Title: ῾Ets ḥayim
Title: עץ חיים

Folios 1r, 128v, 139r-139v contain notes of a lexicographical and grammatical character.

Incomplete at the end. The text breaks off in the middle of chapter 116.

Author: Aaron ben Elijah אהרן בן אליהו, מניקומדיה

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 139 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 405 × 290 mm.
Dimensions (written): 350 × 230 mm.
Foliation:

139 folios (+ 1 unfoliated modern flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each, marked by signatures at the end.

Condition

Usage stains.

Tidemarks.

Flaking ink.

First few leaves damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout.

Catchwords on every verso.

Larger square chapter numbers.

Numerous marginal corrections.

Folio 28 is a 17th century restoration.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Aaron ben Elijah. Ets Chayyim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 1099.'

History

Origin: 15th century ; Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

Folio 138r: a record of death of Shemu᾿el, dated 1743.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1099 (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. 919.

Funding of Cataloguing

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