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Or 2581 A

Record Id:
032-003314028
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2581 A
Title:
Fragments of Arabic translations of the Pentateuch and Hagiographa, with commentaries
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
69 folios (+2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2581_A (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
Scripts:
Arabic
Hebrew
Start Date:
1000
End Date:
1199
Date Range:
1000-1199
Era:
CE
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Names:
Jeshua ben Judah, 1000-1099
Jeshua ben Judah, 1000-1099
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2581 A

Fragments of Arabic translations of the Pentateuch and Hagiographa, with commentaries

Contents

Several fragments of Arabic translations of the Pentateuch and Hagiographa, with commentaries.

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-69v
Title: Commentaries
Title: פרושים

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of 11th to 12th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 69 folios (+2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Condition

All folios more or less damaged. Restored, stuck on modern paper.

Hand(s)

Various Arabic styles of script of 11th to 12th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Biblical Fragments, with Commentary. Hebrew & Arabic. Brit. Mus. Or. 2581A.'

History

Origin: 11th-12th century

Provenance 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, back flyleaf (i)v.

I

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-4v
Title: Leviticus
Author: Abu Al-faraj Furḳan ibn Asad, 11th century, Jeshua ben Judah ישועה בן יהודה

Contains parts of Leviticus, i.e. chapter 24:10-23, the Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription with regular Hebrew vowel-points and accents in red ink, ans an Arabic translation.

The commentary on the chapter 9 forms the beginning of the fragment.

Filiation: Agrees with corresponding portions in Or 2559, 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. 315..

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 5 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-4

Collation

Parts of a single quire.

Condition

Much damaged.

Much damaged.

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10 12

Written lines: 10 12

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of 11th to 12th century.

History

Origin: 11th-12th century

II

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 5r-16v
Title: Numbers

Contains Numbers 3:14-28, 4:7-15, 22:34-23:12: the Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription, accompanied by an Arabic translation and commentary.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 12 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 123 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 5-16

Condition

Partly damaged.

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 12 13

Written lines: 12 13

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of 11th century.

History

Origin: 11th century

III

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 17r-18v
Title: Deuteronomy

Contains Deuteronomy 9:11-12 and 21: the Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription, with an Arabic translation and commentary.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 177 × 116 mm.
Dimensions (written): 132 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 17-18

Condition

Worm-eaten.

Damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 12 14

Written lines: 12 14

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of 11th century.

History

Origin: 11th century

IV

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 19r-30v
Title: Deuteronomy

Contains Deuteronomy 18:7-8, 12-16, 19:17-21, 20:10-18: the Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription, with an Arabic translation and portions of commentary.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 12 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 19-30

Condition

Stained.

Partly damaged (margins).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 13

Written lines: 13

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of 11th century.

History

Origin: 11th century

V

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 31r-46v
Title: Song of Songs

A fragment of the Song of Songs 1:6-10, 1:12-2:1: the Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription, acompanied by Yefet's Arabic translation and commentary.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 16 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 183 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folio 31-46

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten.

Stained.

Ink slightly fading.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10 11

Written lines: 10 11

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of approximately 11th century.

History

Origin: 11th century

VI

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 47r-54v
Title: Ecclesiastes

Contains Ecclesiastes 1:4-6, 2:8: Hebrew text in a phonetic Arabic transcription, accompanied by an Arabic translation and commentary.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 8 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 181 × 118 mm.
Dimensions (written): 142 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 47-54

Condition

Partly damaged.

Slightly worm-eaten.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 13 15

Written lines: 13 15

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of approximately 11th to 12th century.

History

Origin: 11th-12th century

VII

Contents

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 55r-69v
Title: Daniel

Contains Daniel 5:5-6:11, 8:15-9:27: the Hebrew text in the square characters and provided with vowel-points and accents, with an Arabic translation.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 15 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 140 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 110 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Folio 55-69

Condition

Damaged.

Slightly worm-eaten.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Hand(s)

Oriental square script and a Naskhi hand of approximately 11th to 12th century.

History

Origin: 11th-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_2581_A (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. 329.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL