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Or 9908

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Or 9908
Title:
Book of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs with commentary in Judeo-Arabic
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
22 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9908 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9908

Book of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs with commentary in Judeo-Arabic

Contents

Summary of Contents: Ecclesiastes in the Judeo-Arabic version of Saadia ben Joseph and the Song of Songs with commentary attributed to Saadia ben Joseph.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 2r-5v
Title: תרגום כתובים לרס"ג (קהלת)
Title: Targum Ketuvim le-Rasag (Ḳohelet)
Author: Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי
Colophon: "העתקתי ספר שיר השירים ורות וקהלת הלז מספר כ"י אשר מצאתי בגעזת עי"ת גבלה מחוז תימן. ספר ישן נושן יותר משש מאות שנים אני ... אברהם חיים אלנדאף". f. 5v

ff. 6r-21v
Title: תרגום כתובים לרס"ג (שיר השירים)
Title: Targum Ketuvim le-Rasag (Shir ha-Shirim)
Author: Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942 (attributed to)
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף, אלפיומי

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper codex of the 19th century.
Extent: 22 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 290/255 × 225/200 mm.
Foliation:

22 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end). Folio 22 is blank.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Condition

Layout

Columns:2

Uniform layout.

Ruled notebook paper.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental square and semi-cursive scripts of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Red cloth binding.

Spine: 'Or. 9908. Brit. Mus. Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs. Arabic.'

History

Origin: 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

1924-04-12

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1231: inscribed with his name (folio 2r); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (back flyleaf [ii]v).

Record Sources

Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9908 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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