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Or 2565
- Record Id:
- 032-003314024
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- 032-003314024
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- Format:
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2565
- Title:
- Fragments of Arabic commentaries on the Book of Psalms
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003314024", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 2565: Fragments of Arabic commentaries on the Book of Psalms" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003314024
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003314024
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- [ii]+121+[ii]
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2565 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Scripts:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1200-1399
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 2565
Fragments of Arabic commentaries on the Book of Psalms
Contents
Two fragments of Arabic commentaries on the book of Psalms.
Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-121vTitle: Karaite commentariesTitle: פרושים קראיםPhysical Description
Composite paper codex of the 13th and 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: [ii]+121+[ii]Condition
Modern restoration, all the folios stuck on modern paper.
Hand(s)
Two different Naskhi hands of the 13th and 14th century.
Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine title: 'Commentary on Psalms. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2565.'
History
Origin: 13th-14th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
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.
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Contents
Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-103vTitle: Commentary on the PsalmsFragments of an anonymous Arabic commentary on Psalms 109:16-120:1,133:3-146:8.
Includes a translation of the Hebrew text of: Ps. 109:17-31, 110-114 (wanting verse 6), 115-120 (breaking off with verse 1), 134-146 (breaking off with verse 8).
Of the Hebrew text only the first word, or words, of each verse are given.
Filiation: Contents agree with corresponding portions in Or 2551, 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. 290., folios 103-113.Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 104 foliosDimensions (leaf): 175 × 137 mm.Dimensions (written): 145 × 100 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-103
Collation
11 quires, nos. 2-8, and 11-14, of 10 leaves each. No. 5 has only 5 leaves.
Quires 2, 8, and 11 are defective.
Signatures in Arabic letters on the first page of a quire.
Condition
A long gap after folio 64.
Worm-eaten.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 15
Written lines: 15
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
A Naskhi hand of approximately 13th century.
History
Origin:II
Contents
Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 104r-121vTitle: Commentary on the PsalmsContains fragments of Yefet's commentary on the Psalms 78:20-68, 119:172-124:5.
Includes a translation of the Hebrew text of Psalms 78:21, 119:173-176, 120-124 (breaking off with verse 5).
Of the Hebrew text only the first word or words are given.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 118 foliosDimensions (leaf): 190 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 115 mm.Foliation:Folios 104-121
Collation
2 quires (folios 104-111), the number of which is uncertain, and no. 8, signed (folios 112-121).
Condition
Lacuna after folio 111.
Margins slightly worm-eaten.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 18 21
Written lines: 18 21
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
A Naskhi hand of approximately 14th century.
History
Origin: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_2565 (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. 331.Funding of Cataloguing
BL