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Or 2594
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- Or 2594
- Title:
- Collection of grammatical works
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003314035
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (28 folios,9 folios,4 folios,2 folios,8 folios,18 folios)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2594 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1200-1699
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 2594
Collection of grammatical works
Contents
A collection of grammatical works.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, Hebrew
Physical Description
A collection of fragments of paper codices from the 13th to 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Foliation:68 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).
Condition
Repaired and guarded before binding.
Variously damaged by damp and mould, with stains and tidemarks.
Wormed.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Fragments of Lexicographical & Grammatical Tratises. Arabic in the Hebrew Character. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 2,594.'
History
Origin: 13th-17th century ; Yemen and Turkey (Ottoman Empire)Provenance and Acquisition
1882-07-08
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.
I
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Arabic
ff. 1r-27vTitle: Al-jamaTitle: אלג'אמעTwo fragements of a Talmudic dictionary, containing a portion of the letter yud, the whole of khaf-samekh, and the beginning of ayin (folios 1-22), and the latter portions of ayin, the whole of pe, and a part of tsade (folios 23-27). Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Arukh is very frequently quoted.
Physical Description
Fragments of a paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 28 foliosDimensions (leaf): 210 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.Foliation:Folios 1-27
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 26
Written lines: 26
Uniform layout.
Signatures in Arabic on folio 6r and 10r.
Catchwords on every verso.
Initial words in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive script of the 16th century.
History
Origin: 16th centuryII
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 28r-36vTitle: Kitab al-mishtamalTitle: כתאב אלמשתמלFragment of a lexicographical portion of al-Faraj's work, comprising the letters samekh, ayin, and pe, of which samekh and pe are imperfect.
Physical Description
Fragment of a paper codex.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 9 foliosDimensions (leaf): 220 × 175 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 130 mm.Foliation:Folios 28-36
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 22
Written lines: 22
Uniform layout.
Catchwords on every verso.
Initial words in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Oriental square script of the 13th century.
History
Origin: 13th centuryIII
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 37r-40vTitle: Kitab al-atsulTitle: כתאב אלאצולA small fragment of the work only.
Physical Description
Fragment of a paper codex.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 4 foliosDimensions (written): 290 × 190 mm.Dimensions (written): 260 × 150 mm.Foliation:Folios 37-40
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Condition
Text partly obliterated.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 43
Written lines: 43
Uniform layout.
No catchwords.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 16th century.
History
Origin: 16th centuryIV
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 41r-42vTitle: Kitab al-atsulTitle: כתאב אלאצולA small fragment of the work only.
Physical Description
Fragment of a paper codex.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 2 foliosDimensions (leaf): 175 × 137 mm.Dimensions (written): 145 × 90 mm.Foliation:Folios 41-42
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Uniform layout.
Larger initial words.
Hand(s)
Oriental (Karaite) semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 15th centuryV
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 43r-50vTitle: Milon ῾ivri-῾araviTitle: מלון עברי-ערביFragments of an extensive lexicographical work on biblical Hebrew, the roots being treated in the order in which they occur in the Bible. The work is divided into chapters, each chapter being devoted to a single root and its derivatives.
Physical Description
Fragment of a paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 8 foliosDimensions (leaf): 220 × 175 mm.Dimensions (written): 190 × 125 mm.Foliation:Folios 53-50
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 25
Written lines: 25
Uniform layout.
Visible ruling.
Catchwords on every verso.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 15th centuryVI
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 51r-68vTitle: Ḥaruf alinTitle: חרוף אלליןPhysical Description
Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th or 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 18 foliosDimensions (leaf): 180 × 135 mm.Dimensions (written): 140 × 80 mm.Foliation:Folios 51-68
Collation
Leaves on guards. Two quires, of which the first is signed with a Hebrew letter.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Uniform layout.
Catchwords on every verso.
Initial words in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Oriental (Karaite) semi-cursive script of the 16th to 17th century.
History
Origin: 16th-17th centuryAdditional 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_2594 (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. 982.Funding of Cataloguing
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