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Or 2558

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Or 2558
Title:
Fragments of Karaite biblical commentaries, in Arabic
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios,7 folios)
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
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Arabic
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Start Date:
1000
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
1000-1299
Era:
CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2558

Fragments of Karaite biblical commentaries, in Arabic

Contents

Two fragments of Arabic commentaries on the books of Pentateuch.

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-212v
Title: Karaite commentaries

Physical Description

Paper volume of fragments of 11th to 13th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Foliation:

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

Condition

Modern restoration; many folios stuck on paper.

Hand(s)

Two different Naskhi hands of 11th to 13th century, and Oriental square script of 12th to 13th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Commentary on Exodus and Deuteronomy. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2558.'

History

Origin: 11th-13th century

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Library from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

I

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-205v
Title: Commentary on the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.

Fragments of an anonymous Arabic commentary on Exodus and Deuteronomy, comprising Ex. 8-12, 14-20, and Deut. 16-21.

The anonymous writer refers to his own commentaries on the Pentateuch as well as to several other authorities.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 206 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 185 × 135 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-205

Collation

The quires divided into 2 parts: 18 quires of 10 leaves each (folios 1-159, nos. 8-14, 19-27, 31-32) and 7 quires of 10 leaves each (folios 160-205, nos. 4-5, 8-9, 11, 13-14).

Quires nos. 8, 9, 19, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31 of the 1st part, and nos. 4, 5, 8, 9, 13 of the 2nd part are defective.

Signatures in Arabic letters on the first page of a quire, and with Arabic letters on the first page of the four following folios.

Condition

Folios missing at the beginning and at the end, and after folios 18, 68, 74, 96, 100, 101, 121, 129, 138, 147, 148, 149, 159, 169, 170, 178, 184, 194, 195, 205.

Many extant leaves are more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of approximately 11th century.

History

Origin: 11th century

II

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 206r-212v
Title: Deuteronomy

Contains fragments of an Arabic translation of Deuteronomy 22:5-25:9.

The opening words of each verse written in the Hebrew square script, punctuated and accentuated.

The translation is arranged in sections beginning with chapters 22:6, 8, 9, 10, 22; 23:10,20; 24:8; 25:5.

The translation of chapter 23:23, 26, which is missing, has been supplied ( f. 209v, 210r ) in the margin by a later hand.

Filiation: Contents similar to Or 2562.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 215 × 155 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 206-212

Collation

Fragment of a single quire.

Condition

Many extant leaves are more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

The Hebrew text is provided with punctuation.

Hand(s)

An Arabic Naskhi script (large, bold) and Hebrew (Oriental) square of approximately 12th to 13th century.

History

Origin: 12th-13th 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_2558 (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. 333.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL