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Or 2494
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- Or 2494
- Title:
- Fragments of Arabic commentaries on Leviticus
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 80 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1200-1399
- Era:
- CE
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Or 2494
Fragments of Arabic commentaries on Leviticus
Contents
Fragments of Arabic commentaries on Leviticus.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-80vTitle: PerushimTitle: פרושיםPhysical Description
Composite paper codex of approximately 13th to 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 80 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).Hand(s)
Two different Oriental square and semi-cursive scripts of approximately 13th to 14th century.
Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Title on the spine: 'Comm. on Leviticus, Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2494.'
History
Origin: 13th-14th centuryProvenance 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-30vTitle: Commentary on LeviticusIncludes a commentary on the first pericope of Leviticus (chpater 1:1-5:26) of apparently Abu al-Faraj Furḳan.
The fragment includes an Arabic translation of chapters 2:1-5:13.
Of the Hebrew text only the opening words are given.
Has scant masoretic notes.
Quotes several Karaite authorities.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 30 foliosDimensions (leaf): 178 × 135 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 115 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-30
Collation
3 quires of 10 leaves each.
Quires marked with catchwords on the last page and signed with Hebrew letters on the first page.
Condition
Stained.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 26
Written lines: 26
Of the Hebrew text only the opening words of the verses are given.
Visible pricking and ruling with a hard-point.
Hand(s)
Oriental square script of approximately 14th century.
II
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 31r-80vTitle: Commentary on LeviticusA fragment of an Arabic commentary on Leviticus 11, probably part of the longer recension of the Commentary on the Pentateuch by Abu al-Faraj Furḳan.
Of the Hebrew text only the opening words of each verse are given.
Quotes several Kraite authorities.
References
[Harkavy_1879] 192Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 50 foliosDimensions (leaf): 180 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.Foliation:Folios 31-80
Collation
5 quires, nos. 6-10, of 10 leaves each.
Quires marked by catchwords at the end, and signed with Hebrew letters on the right-hand upper corner of the first page.
Condition
A number of pages worm-eaten and/or damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 22
Written lines: 22
Of the Hebrew text only the opening words of each verse are given.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of approximately 13th and 14th 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_2494 (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. 318.Bibliography
[Harkavy_1879] Albert Harkavy, and אברהם אליהו הרכבי. 'Zikhron La-Rishonim Ṿe-Gam La-Aḥaronim : Maḥberet Rishonah Zikhron Rav Shemuʾel Ha-Nagid Ben Yosef Ha-Leṿi / Me-et Ha-Motsi La-or Avraham Eliyahu Harkavi.'SṭPeṭerburg: Avraham Eliyahu Harkavi 1879, ס״ט פטרבורג, 1879.Funding of Cataloguing
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