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Or 5434
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- Or 5434
- Title:
- Arabic translation of the Former and Latter Prophets, with commentaries
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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:
- 229 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5434 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1572
- End Date:
- 1573
- Date Range:
- 1572-1573
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 5434
Arabic translation of the Former and Latter Prophets, with commentaries
Contents
An Arabic translation of the Former and Latter Prophets, with commentaries.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-229vTitle: Tirgum ῾aravi li-nevi᾿imTitle: תרגום ערבי לנביאיםJoshua begins on folio 1r; Judges, folio 16v; Samuel (the two in one book), folio 33r; Kings (the two in one book), folio 70v; Isaiah, folio 111r; Jeremiah, folio 143r; Ezekiel, folio 174v; Hosea, folio 203r; Joel, folio 207v; Amos, folio 209r; Obadiah, folio 213r; Micah, folio 214v; Nahum, folio 217r; Habakuk, folio 219r; Zephaniah, folio 220r; Hagai, folio 221v; Zechariah, folio 222v, Malachi, folio 227v.
The haftarot for which the different sections of the Former and Latter Prohpets are used are indicated in the margin.
At the end of the manuscript comes a brief prayer in Arabic, for the deliverance of the nation from distress.
See further [Sefunot] 18 (1985), pp. 279-298.
Colophon: כמל שרח מלכים וגמיע שרח נביאים ראשונים באדן אללה ועונהו ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וכאן אלפראג' מנהום יום אל תנין המנתא עשר פי שהר תמוז סנת השל"ב לאלכליקה פי אלקריה אלמקדסה צפת שבגליל העליון תוב"ב כאתבהא אלנסכה די שארחהא יששכר בן איש ימיני אדני אבא מארי החכם המעולה כמה"ר מרדכי בן סוסאן זלה"ה המערבי. המעתיק עונו ימח והקורא תמיד ישמח והוא כשושנה יפרח. f. 109vColophon: כמל שרח תרי עשר [...] ושרח גמיע נביאים אחורנים [...] וכאן אלפראג מן הו אליום יום אלתלאתה אחדא עשר יום פי שהר אייר סנת השל"ג לאלכליקה פי אלקריה אלמקדסה צפת שבגליל העליון תוב"ב ארץ הקדש וכאתבהא אל נסכ'ה די מצנפהא יששכר בן איש ימיני אבא מארי החכם המעולה כה"ר מרדכי בן סוסאן זצ"ל מערבי. f. 229rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 229 foliosDimensions (leaf): 210 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.Foliation:229 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 2 at the end).
Collation
Quires of 10 to 12 leaves each.
Condition
Damp at head and gutter.
Losses to damp and mould at ends, repaired and infilled.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 32
Written lines: 32
Uniform layout.
Catchwords from folio to folio.
Large square initial words and titles.
Additions and comments in the margin.
Running titles.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive and square script of the 16th century.
Additions:Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Issachar b. Mordecai b. Susan. The Prophets. Arabic in Hebrew Character. Brit. Mus. Oriental 5434.'
History
Origin: 1572-1573 Palestine (Safed)Provenance and Acquisition
Yeḥezkel ben Avraham: inscribed, folio 16r, 32v.
S. Raffalovich: purchased by the British Museum from him in September 1899: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.
1899-09Record 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_5434 (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. 1115.Bibliography
[Sefunot] מכון בן צבי (ירושלים). 'ספונות ספר שנה לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח.'מכון בן צבי לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח, 1957.Funding of Cataloguing
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