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Or 9969
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- Or 9969
- Title:
- Commentary on the Pentateuch
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 226 folios (ii+226+ii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- 1901-1902
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9969
Commentary on the Pentateuch
Contents
Commentary on the Pentateuch
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-226rTitle: באר התורהTitle: Beʼer ha-TorahCopy of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim 31 (Neubauer 271).
Colophon: נעתק מכתב יד ישן נושן מעקב הספרים באקספרד על ידי מנשה גראסבערג מטרעסטונא שנת תרס"ב פרשה ויהי יום א' בחדש טבות(!). (fol. 1r)Physical Description
Paper codex of the early 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-ruled modern paperExtent: 226 folios (ii+226+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 176 × 112 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals, in pencil.
Collation
No signatures, no catchwords.
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Text only on the verso side of the leaves.
Marbled edges.
A few notes on the verso side of the leaves.
Some underlining in red pencil.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the early 20th century.
Copied by Menasseh Grossberg (1860-1927).
Decoration
Additions:Binding
BM in-house, red cloth binding.
Spine: 'Commentaries on Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9969.'
History
Origin: 1901-1902 Oxford (?)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 367; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (back flyleaf (ii)v).
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 Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9969 (digital images currently unavailable)
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