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Or 2468

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Or 2468
Title:
Fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Exodus
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
1 volume (148 folios,58 folios)
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Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Mosheh ben Yosef ben Yeshu῾ah ben Avraham ha-Melamed
Ya῾akov Ḥazan ben Eliyahu Ḥazan
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2468

Fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Exodus

Contents

Two fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on Exodus.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-207v
Title: Perush Shemot
Title: פרוש שמות
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of approximately 15-16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Foliation:

[ii]+207+[ii]

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Commentary on Exodus. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2468.'

History

Origin: 15th-16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Mosheh ben Yosef ben Yeshu῾ah ben Avraham ha-Melamed: inscribed, folio 207r.

1882-07-08

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-148v
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Commentary on Exodus 21:33-27:15

Includes the unpointed text of Ex 21:35-26:1-15; each verse is followed by an Arabic translation.

Filiation: Cf. a similar handwriting in Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 261. part II.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 148 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-148.

Collation

15 quires (6-20), of mostly 10 leaves each.

Quires signed with Hebrew letters on the righ-hand upper corner of the first page.

Condition

All folios partially water-damaged.

The last quire is imperfect, with a lacuna after folio 140 and 148.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

The unpointed biblical text is embodied, followed by an Arabic translation.

Catchword on every verso.

Hand(s)

Semi-cursive script of 15-16th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 149r-207v
Title: Commentary on Exodus (33:4-37:29, 38:17-40:38)

The unpointed Hebrew text of Ex. 33:5-35:3 is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.

Of Ex. 35:4-37:29, 38:21-40:16, 40:24-38, only the opening words of each verse are given and no translation is added.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Filiation: Cf. a similar handwriting in Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 264., part I.
Colophon: נשלם ב יום שני בשבוע שהוא יום שלשה עשר מחדש אייר שנת חמשת אלפים ושלש מאות ועשרים וארבעה שנים לבריאת העולם וכתב לעצמו הע' ... יעקב החזן ס'ט' בן ... אליהו החזן נ"ע בן ... יוסף החזן נ"ע הנודע באבן אלחואש וכו'.
ff. 206v-207r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 58 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 149-207.

Collation

8 quires (9-16) of unequal length.

Quires signed with Hebrew letters on the right-hand upper corner of the first page.

Condition

Water-damaged.

The 15th quire is now imperfect, with a lacuna after folio 194 and 202.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Hebrew text is embodied.

Catchword on every verso.

Hand(s)

Semi-cursive script of 16th century.

ff. 149r-184v
, with 20 to 23 lines to a page, are by the same hand as part I.

ff. 185r-207v
, with 23 to 24 lines to a page, are by the scribe of Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 266, whose name is given in the colophon, folio f. 207r as Ya῾akov Ḥazan ben Eliyahu Ḥazan.

Additions:

Folios 208r-209v: two appended folios, mutilated, written in two different Sefardi hands, of apparently 11 to 12th century, containing fragments of Talmud (Mo῾ed Katan and Eruvin).

History

Origin: 1564

Additional Information

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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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2468 (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. 264.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL