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Or 2529

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032-003314011
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Or 2529
Title:
Collection of philosophical works in Judeo-Arabic
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
103 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2529 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
Era:
CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2529

Collection of philosophical works in Judeo-Arabic

Contents

A collection of philosophical works in Judeo-Arabic.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-103v
Title: Ḳovets ba-filozofiyah
Title: קובץ בפילוסופיה

A volume containing three sets of fragments originally belonging to three different manuscripts.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 103 folios
Foliation:

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

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Karaite Philosophical Treatise. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2529.'

History

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v; numbering probably by him: 'K.f. I.a.' (folio 2r), 'K.f. No.1.b.' (folio 89r), and 'K.f. No.1.c.' (folio 96r).

I

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-88v
Title: Ḥibur filosofi le-haganat torat ha-Mutazilim
Title: חבור פילוסופי להגנת תורת המתעזלים

Fragment of an extensive philosophical work in defence of Mutazilite doctrine, transcribed in Judeo-Arabic for the use of Karaite students. Defective at the end.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of approximately 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 88 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 181 × 142 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-88.

Collation

9 quires: i10+1, ii-viii10, ix10-1. Quires numbered in Hebrew letters in the right-hand upper corner of the first page of a quire starting with quire no. 17 (folio 2).

Condition

Iron gall ink corrosion.

Stained.

Slight worming.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 20 22

Written lines: 20 22

Uniform layout.

Folios 26v, 51v, 58v left blank.

Hand(s)

Oriental (Karaite) square script of the 14th century.

History

Origin: 14th century ; Unknown

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 89r-95v
Title: Ḥibur filosofi al torat ha-Mutazilim
Title: חבור פילוסופי על תורת המתעזלים

Fragment of a philosophical work on Mutazilite doctrine.

Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 120 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 89-95.

Collation

Fragment of a single quire.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17 18

Written lines: 17 18

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental (Karaite) square script of the 14th century.

History

Origin: ; Unknown

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 96r-103v
Title: She᾿elot be-filosofiyah
Title: שאלות בפילוסופיה

Fragment of responses in Judeo-Arabic, containing portions of nos. 12 and 13 of the collection.

Incomplete.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 8 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 128 mm.
Dimensions (written): 122 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 96-103.

Collation

Fragment of a single quire.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14

Written lines: 14

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental square script of the 14th century.

History

Origin: ; Unknown

Provenance

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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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. 894.

Funding of Cataloguing

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