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Or 12373 A-F

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032-003317009
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Or 12373 A-F
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
6 folios of various sizes
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12373_A-F (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
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
Seth Aaron ben Isaac
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Or 12373 A-F

Samaritan Pentateuch fragments

Contents

Six fragments of the Pentateuch

Language(s): Samaritan Hebrew and Arabic in Samaritan characters.

Physical Description

Parchment folios of the 15th-16th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 6 folios of various sizes

Hand(s)

Samaritan scripts of the 15th-16th century.

Binding

Bound together with 12374 in blue post binder.

History

Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1522-1527: inscribed with his name (Or 12373 A and 12373 B); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

Or 12373 A-B

Contents

Title: Torah Shomronit (ḳeṭaʾim)
Title: תורה שומרונית (קטעים)

Or 12373 A: Lev. 10:14-11:2 and Or 12373 B: Lev. 11:27-11:38.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Parchment leaves detached from the same codex.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 2 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 277 × 230 mm.
Dimensions (written): 154 × 140 mm.

Collation

Two leaves detached from the same codex. Foliation is visible: fol. 23 (Or 12373 A) and fol. 24 (Or 12373 B).

Condition

Damaged leaves with tears and holes. Or 12373 B has been torn into two and then the two parts sewn together.

Layout

Columns:1

Pricking marks, ruled on the flesh side of the parchment.

Ruled lines are 25 and 26 respectively.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script of the 15th century.

The scribe was Seth Aaron ben Isaac.

History

Origin: 1469-1481 West Bank (Shechem)

Or 12373 C

Contents

Title: Torah Shomronit (ḳeṭaʿim)
Title: תורה שומרונית (קטעים)

Gen. 24:20-43.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Parchment leaf of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 288 × 250 mm.
Dimensions (written): 198 × 170 mm.

Collation

Leaf detached from a codex.

Condition

Damaged leaf with tears and holes.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 29

Pricking and ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century Egypt (Cairo)

Or 12373 D

Contents

Title: Torah Shomronit (ḳeṭaʿim)
Title: תורה שומרונית (קטעים)

Ex. 20:18-24:1.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Fragment of a bifolium detached from a codex.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 275 × 235 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 160 mm.

Collation

Leaf detached from a codex.

Condition

Very damaged bifolium with tears and holes.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 28

Written lines: 27

Pricking and ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script.

Or 12373 E

Contents

Title: Torah Shomronit (ḳeṭaʿim)
Title: תורה שומרונית (קטעים)

Arabic translation of the Pentateuch (Ex. 24:11-25:25) written in Samaritan characters.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Fragment of a parchment bifolium.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 138 × 112 mm.

Collation

Fragment of a bifolium detached from a codex.

Condition

Minor tears and holes; stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 32

Pricking and ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script.

Or 12373 F

Contents

Title: Torah Shomronit (ḳeṭaʿim)
Title: תורה שומרונית (קטעים)

Ex. 23:33-25:5 and 28:33-29:13.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Parchment bifolium of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 244 × 192 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 123 mm.

Collation

A biofolium detached from a codex.

Condition

Minor tears, holes, stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 32

Pricking and ruling is visible.

Fragment of a bifolium.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Egypt (Cairo)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12373_A-F (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Allony, N. and D. S. Loewinger, Catalogue of Microfilms in the Institute of Hebrew Microfilms from the British Museum: Gaster Collection (Jerusalem, 1960), p. 105, no. 1091.
    Shunnar, Zuhair, Katalogue Samaritanischer Handschriften I (Berlin: R. Seitz, 1974), p. 45, no. 14.
    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 151.

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