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Or 10095
- Record Id:
- 032-003317619
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100034192845.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10095
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003317619
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 46 folios (i+46+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10095 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10095
Miscellany
Contents
Collection of halakhical and other texts
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 46 folios (i+46+i)Binding
BM in-house, green cloth binding.
Spine: 'Shōḥatē hay-yelādhīm, etc. Israel Najara and others. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Or 10,0095.'
History
Origin: 1700-1899Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 363, 364: inscribed with his name (fols. 1r, 5v, 6r, 21r, 24r, 46v); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-4vTitle: שוחטי הילדיםTitle: Shoḥaṭe ha-yeladimGaster number 363.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 4 folios (fols. 1-4)Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 117 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, and earlier foliation in Hebrew characters in pen.
Collation
Leaves separated and put on supporting paper, original collation cannot be reconstructed.
Catchword on each verso.
Condition
Writing on the lower part of fol. 3 and on fol. 4 is very faded.
Stains.
Layout
Columns:1
A few marginal notes.
Pricking (or stiching?) in inner margin is visible.
Hand(s)
Yemenite square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Yemen?Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 5v-20rTitle: הלכות שחיטה וטרפותTitle: Hilkhot sheḥiṭah u-ṭerefotPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 16 folios (fols. 5-20)Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 112 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, continuous with previous work in the codex.
Earlier foliation in Hebrew characters is also continuous but fol. 5 is not foliated, and Hebrew fol. 14 is double.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on each page.
Fols. 5 and 20 may have been the other leaves of the one separate booklet (fols. 5- 20).
Condition
Fragile lower margins, stains.
Stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
A few marginal notes.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Fol. 5v: License (reshut) to perform ritual slaughter issued to Yosef ibn Soliman al-Nadaf in 1858.
History
Origin: 1825-1875 mid-19th century Yemen?III
Contents
ff. 21r-23rTitle: סוד פעולת ארבע נהרותTitle: Sod peʿulat arbaʿ neharotTitle in the MS: סוד פעולת ד’ נהרות לכל דבר שתרצה בדוקים ומנוסים
Incipit: ההני רוצה לגלות לך זה הסוד שגילה אליהו ז"ל להרב ... מאיר טאיטצק זלה"ה"
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Oriental paper of pinkish colourExtent: 3 folios (fols. 21-23)Dimensions (leaf): 173 × 118 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, continuous with previous work in the codex.
Earlier foliation in Hebrew characters is also continuous (fol. 21= 19 in Hebrew foliation).
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on fol. 21r.
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Running title on each page.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive and square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century Yemen?IV
Contents
ff. 24r-46rTitle: דיני שחיטה בקצורTitle: Dine sheḥiṭah be-ḳitsurAlso contains dine terefot.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 23 folios (fols. 24-46)Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, continuous with previous works in the codex.
Earlier foliation in Hebrew characters starting from 1 (fol. 24 - fol. א).
Collation
Leaves separated and put on supporting paper, original collation cannot be reconstructed.
Catchword on each page.
Condition
Leaves on supporting paper.
Water damage, a few stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive and square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century Yemen?Additional 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_10095 (digital images currently unavailable)
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