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Or 12265
- Record Id:
- 032-003317034
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003317034
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100033809025.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12265
- Title:
- Collection of midrashim and tales
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003317034", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12265: Collection of midrashim and tales" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003317034
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003317034
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 31 folios (i+31+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12265 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12265
Collection of midrashim and tales
Contents
Collection of midrashim and tales (ma'aśiyot).
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 31 folios (i+31+i)Binding
White cloth binding. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1800-1899Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 984; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-16rTitle: אלפא ביתא דבן סיראTitle: Alfa Beta de-ven SiraLanguage(s): Hebrewff. 16v-17rTitle: ענין חירם מלך צורTitle: ʻInyan Ḥiram melekh TsorLanguage(s): HebrewPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper (stationers' impress-mark?: LONDON SUPERFINE), no watermark (wove paper).Extent: 17 folios (fols. 1-17)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 182 mm.Dimensions (written): 190 × 146 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; parallel Hebrew foliation in ink starting on fol. 2 (=fol. א)
Collation
Quire system is indeterminable.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Water damage.
A few ink stains especially in the upper left corner.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
II
Contents
ff. 18r-22rTitle: מדרש עשרת הדברותTitle: Midrash ʻaśeret ha-dibrotUnfinished (until the middle of the Seventh Commandment).
Language(s): HebrewPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper (stationers' impress-mark?: LONDON SUPERFINE on the first folio), no watermark (wove paper).Extent: 12 folios (fols. 18-22 + 7 unfoliated blank leaves).Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written): 195 × 157 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; parallel Hebrew foliation in ink starting on fol. 2 (=fol. א)
Collation
One singe quire of 12 leaves.
Catchword in every page.
Condition
Leaves are patched.
A few stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling is visible, in pencil.
Running title on the top of the pages.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
III
Contents
ff. 24r-31vTitle: מדרש עשרת הדברותTitle: Midrash ʻaśeret ha-dibrotThe date in the colophon is also given in East Arabic numerals: ١٨٤٠.
Colophon: "... בנימין אליעזר חר’ נסים חר’ צאלח חר’ יוסף מצליח היום שלשה ועשרים לחו’ אייר הת"ר". f. 31vLanguage(s): HebrewPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 8 folios (fols. 23-31).Dimensions (leaf): 224 × 174 mm.Dimensions (written): 182 × 128 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; parallel Hebrew foliation in ink (fol. 24= fol. א).
Collation
A single quire of 8 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Leaves are patched.
A few stains.
Rodent and water damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 20
Written lines: 20
Ruling is visible.
Outer bifolium of the quire once served as soft cover.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1840Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12265 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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