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Or 2487

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032-003313996
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Or 2487
Title:
Fragments of Samuel ben Moses ha-Rofe al-Magrebi's commentary on Exodus
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
112 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2487 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
al-Maghribi, Samuel ben Moses, 1400-1499
al-Maghribi, Samuel ben Moses, 1400-1499
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2487

Fragments of Samuel ben Moses ha-Rofe al-Magrebi's commentary on Exodus

Contents

The commentary on the book of Exodus (fragments).

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-41v
Title: Perush Shemot
Title: פירוש שמות
Author: Samuel ben Moses, al-Maghribī, active 15th century הרופא, שמואל בן משה המערבי

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th-17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 112 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 133 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

112 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Condition

Several pages pages partially stained.

Water-damaged.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 16th to 17th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Samuel Ha-Rofe. Comm. On Exodus. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2487.'

History

Origin: 16th-17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

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-90v
Title: Commentary on Exodus
Author: Samuel ben Moses, al-Maghribī, active 15th century הרופא, שמואל בן משה המערבי

Contains parts of the commentary, viz., Exodus 14:10-20:24, 29:32-40:2, 19-38.

The headings: מסלה, אלגואב, קאל אלנץ אלכרים are written in red ink.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 90 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-90.

Collation

9 quires of 10 leaves each, nos. 14-22, and fragments of another quire.

Signature in Hebrew letters on the righ-hand upper corner of the first page of a quire.

Condition

Partially water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Visible ruling with a mastara.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive of 16 and 17th century.

History

Origin: 17th century

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 91r-112v
Author: Samuel ben Moses, al-Maghribī, active 15th century הרופא, שמואל בן משה המערבי
Title: Commentary on Exodus

Contains commentary on Exodus 32:1-4, 8-19, 32-34, 33:17-34:10.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 22 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 91-112.

Collation

Fragments of 3 quires.

Condition

Partially stained and water-damaged.

Lacunae afetr folio 93, 99, 101.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Visible ruling with a mastara.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

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_2487 (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. 322.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL