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Or 2469

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Or 2469
Title:
fragments of Japhet ben Ali's Judeo-Arabic commentary 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:
89 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
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CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Yosef ben [...] Ratson ben [...] Shemu'el ben [...] Aharon
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2469

fragments of Japhet ben Ali's Judeo-Arabic commentary on Exodus

Contents

Four fragments of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japhet ben Ali on Exodus.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-89v
Title: Perush
Title: פרוש

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of approximately 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 89 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

History

Origin: 17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

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, back flyleaf (i)v.

I

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-34v
Author: Japhet ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Commentary on Exodus

Includes the unpointed text of chapters 3:15-4:26, 5:1-2, 5:14-16, 6:8-9; each verse is followed by an Arabic translation.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 34 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 147 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-34

Collation

3 complete quires (no. 5-7), of 10 leaves each, and 4 single leaves of other quires, with a lacuna after each of them.

Quires signes with Hebrew letters on the right-hand upper corner of the first page, and also on the lower margin of the last page.

Condition

All folios partially water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

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

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

History

Origin: 1614

Provenance and Acquisition

Yosef ben [...] Ratson ben [...] Shemu'el ben [...] Aharon: inscribed, folio 33r.

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 35r-83v
Title: Commentary on Exodus (10-12)

The pointed and accentuated Hebrew text of Ex. 10:1-12:3, 12:13-24, 12:29-49 is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.

Author: Japhet ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 48 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 35-83

Collation

6 quires of 10 leaves each (except the last which has 9 leaves only).

Quires signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic numerals on the upper margin of the first page.

Quire no 4 and 6 are imperfect, having lacunae after folio 64, 75 and 83.

Condition

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 20 21

Written lines: 20 21

Hebrew text is embodied.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

III

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 84r-87v
Title: Fragments of the commentary on Exodus 12
Author: Japhet ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

The pointed text of 12:21-28 is embodied, each verse is followed by an Arabic translation.

Filiation: Same hand as in part I of this manuscript.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 142 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 84-87

Collation

A fragment of a single quire.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Ruled with mastara.

The pointed and accentuated Hebrew text is embodied, accompanied with an Arabic translation.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

IV

Contents

ff. 88r-98r
Author: Japhet ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Title: Commentary on Exodus 38-38

The pointed text of Ex. 37:9-17 and 38:4-7 is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 88 and 89.

Collation

Two detached leaves.

Condition

Only partially preserved, damaged and stained.

Writing partially blurred.

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

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=Or_2469 (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. 260.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL