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Or 6590

Record Id:
032-003314093
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032-003314093
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6590
Title:
Collection of biblical commentaries
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
197 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_6590 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
E. Hindamian
Rashi, 1040-1105
Rashi, 1040-1105
Tsevi Hirsch Ha-Kohen of Ḳraḳa
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 6590

Collection of biblical commentaries

Contents

Collection of biblical commentaries.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-54v
Title: Perush Tehilim
Title: פרוש תהלים

Imperfect at the beginning.

Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)
ff. 55r-83r
Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)
Title: Perush Mishle
Title: פרוש משלי
ff. 83v-117r
Title: Perush Iyov
Title: פרוש איוב
Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)

With comments by another author.

ff. 117v-134v
Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)
Title: Perush Daniyel
Title: פרוש דניאל
ff. 135r-154v
Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)
Title: Perush Ezra u-Neḥemiyah
Title: פרוש עזרא ונחמיה

With comments by another author.

ff. 155r-197v
Author: Rashi, 1040-1105 שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י)
Title: Perush Divre ha-yamim
Title: פרוש דברי הימים

With comments by another author.

Physical Description

Paper and parchment codex of the 14th to 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: mixed
Support: Paper and parchment.
Extent: 197 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

197 folios (+ 1 unfoliated modern paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each, with two inner and outer leaves being parchment.

Condition

Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.

Lacuna after folio 11.

Tidemarks at edges in margins.

Usage stains.

Lost corners and edges infilled.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26 27

Written lines: 26 27

Uniform layout.

Larger chapter titles and initial words.

Vertical ruling visible.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script of the 14th to 15th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Commentaries of Solomon Yishaki. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 6590.'

History

Origin: 14th-15th century ; Germany

Provenance and Acquisition

Tsevi Hirsch Ha-Kohen of Ḳraḳa: inscribed, folio 194v.

E. Hindamian: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 October 1904: inscribed, back flyleaf (i).

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_6590 (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. 1155.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL