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Or 9932

Record Id:
032-003314131
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9932
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
208 folios (i+208+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9932 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9932

Miscellany

Contents

Miscellany

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 208 folios (i+208+i)

Binding

BM in-house; brown leather binding, blind-tooled, with a pair toggles and loops fastening made from twisted leather.

Spine: 'Baḥya ben Asher. Kad haḳ-ḳemaḥ Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9932.'

History

Provenance and Acquisition

1924-04-12

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 88: inscribed with his name (folio 208v); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (back flyleaf (i)v).

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-34v
Title: תוספות התורה
Title: Tosfot ha-Torah

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Oriental paper.
Extent: 34 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 222 × 125 mm.
Foliation:

34 folios

Collation

Quires of various sizes, some leaves are on guards.

Catchwords on every verso.

Condition

Paper patched in numerous places.

Slight water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Additions:

Marks in pencil in the margins.

II

Contents

ff. 35r-208v
Title: כד הקמח
Title: Kad ha-ḳemaḥ

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Oriental paper.
Extent: 174 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 275 × 183 mm.
Dimensions (written): 177 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

174 folios (folios 35-208)

Collation

18 quires: i8, ii-vii10, viii6, ix8, x-xii10, xiii6, xiv-xviii10. Folios 204-208 are on guards.

Signature in Arabic at the beginning of the quires.

Catchwords on every verso.

Condition

Paper patched in numerous places.

Slight water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Additions:

A few marginal notes in Hebrew.

History

Origin: 15th century ;

Provenance

Additional Information

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_9932 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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