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Or 2517
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- Or 2517
- Title:
- Salmon ben Yeroḥam's Arabic commentary on Ecclesiastes and a Karaite commentary on Esther
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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:
- [ii]+147+[ii]
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- Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
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- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1700
- Date Range:
- 1500-1700
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- CE
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Or 2517
Salmon ben Yeroḥam's Arabic commentary on Ecclesiastes and a Karaite commentary on Esther
Contents
Salmon ben Yeroḥam's Arabic commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes and a Karaite commentary on the book of Esther.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-147vTitle: PerushTitle: פרושPhysical Description
Composite paper codex of approximately 16th century and the beginning of 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: [ii]+147+[ii]Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Salmon ben Yerucham. Comm. on Ecclesiastes, etc. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2517.'
History
Origin: 16th-17th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Barukh Nasi ben [...] Ya'shiyahu Mosheh ben ha-Nasi Tsefaniyah Nasi : inscribed with a date of 5430 (1670), folio 1r.
Mosheh Nasi ben [...] Yeshu'ah ben ha-Nasi Eliyahu and Avraham ben Kohen ben Eliyahu Kohen ben Yedidyah ha-Kohen: inscribed, folio 1r.
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.
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Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-14vTitle: Commentary on the book of EcclesiastesIncludes a translation of Hebrew text, which is written in full in square characters, chapters 1:2-2:20 also in red ink.
Refers to several authorities and commentators.
Scanty masoretic notes.
Filiation: Cf. similar (or the same hand) which has written Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 291, dated 1843 (i.e. 1532).Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 107 foliosDimensions (leaf): 183 × 135 mm.Dimensions (written): 125 × 90 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-107.
Collation
11 quires of 10 leaves each (except of the first and the last which have 9 and 8 leaves respectively).
Quires signed with Hebrew letters on the righ-hand upper corner of the first page.
Condition
Many folios partially water-damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
The unpointed biblical text is embodied, followed by an Arabic translation.
Catchowords on every verso.
Hand(s)
Square and semi-cursive script of 16th century.
ff. 1r-2vdue to a later hand.II
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 108r-146vTitle: Commentary on the book of EstherThe pointed Hebrew text is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.
Includes references to several Karaite authorities and to the author's own commentary on Zechariah.
Colophon: נשלם בחדש אלול משנת ח'ת'ם' ליצי' ... וכתבו הע' הצ' דניאל ... בל[...] משה המלמד נ"ע: f. 146vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 38 foliosDimensions (leaf): 203 × 145 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 102 mm.Foliation:Folios 108-146.
Collation
4 quires (27-30) of 10 leaves each.
Quires signed with Hebrew letters on the righ-hand upper corner of the first page.
Condition
Water-damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 21
Written lines: 21
Hebrew text is embodied.
Catchwords on every verso.
Hand(s)
Semi-cursive script of the late 17th century.
Additions:Folio 147r is now attached to the manuscript, but originally belonged to a prayerbook; dated 1788.
History
Origin: 1700Provenance and Acquisition
Dani'el ben Mosheh ha-Melamed: inscribed, folio 146v.
Previously the property of the Karaite synagogue of Damascus, inscribed in the upper margin on the recto of each page.
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.
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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2517 (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. 254.Funding of Cataloguing
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