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Or 2596

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Or 2596
Title:
Ḥeleḳ ha-diḳduḳ by Yaḥyā ben Joseph Ṣaliḥ
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
(i)+43+[ii]
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Languages:
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
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Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
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CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Salam Yitsḥaḳ
Saliḥ, Yaḥya ben Yosef, 1714-1805,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97265866
Saliḥ, Yaḥya ben Yosef, 1714-1805,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97265866
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Or 2596

Ḥeleḳ ha-diḳduḳ by Yaḥyā ben Joseph Ṣaliḥ

Contents

Grammatical writing.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 6r-40v
Title: Ḥeleḳ ha-diḳduḳ
Title: חלק הדקדוק
Author: Ṣaliḥ, Yaḥyā ben Joseph, 1725-1806 צאלח, יחיא בן יוסף, 1725-1806

Contains a series of masoretic statements on the biblical books, with frequent references to the Targum, Rashi, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and other authors.

The work is preceded by: kabalistic notes (folio 1r), an alphabetical piece in Aramaic (folio 1v), a preface (folio 2r), a poem in Aramaic (folio 3r), a communication in Arabic regarding the copying of the manuscript (folio 5v). The work itself begins on folio 6r. There are additional pieces following on folios 40v-43r.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: (i)+43+[ii]
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

43 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Condition

Darkening and damp stains around edges.

Usage stains. Dirt at lower corners.

Repaired and guarded before rebinding.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 32 38

Written lines: 32 38

Uniform layout.

Visible ruling with hard-point.

Titles and inital words in larger square characters.

Catchwords on every page.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive script of the 18th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Helek Had-Dikduk. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 2596.'

History

Origin: 18th century ; Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Salam Yitsḥaḳ: inscribed, folio 43r.

1882-07-08

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

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_2596 (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. 984.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL