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Or 10100
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- Or 10100
- Title:
- Maṭeh Binyamin by Daṿid ben Yaʿaḳov Siriro
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 54 folios (iv+54+xxi)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
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Or 10100
Maṭeh Binyamin by Daṿid ben Yaʿaḳov Siriro
Contents
Maṭeh Binyamin by Daṿid ben Yaʿaḳov Siriro
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-54vTitle: מטה בנימיןTitle: Maṭeh BinyaminA collection of responsa and halakhical discourses by David ben Jacob Siriro (Serero). Probably identical with Ḥayim David Serero (1750-1826) rabbi and dayyan.
Included also a few responsa by Moses Castro and a halakhical note by Jacob Moses Casudella (fols. 34r-34v).
On fol. 36r a date is mentioned: Nisan 191 (should be 5591 = 1831 CE); on fol. 35v the town Livorno is mentioned.
Front flyleaf (iii)v: a list added by a later hand.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 54 folios (iv+54+xxi)Dimensions (leaf): 202 × 151 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Blank leaves in between and at the end of the work were previously foliated (thus originally 117 folios), but later foliation did not count them.
Fols. 1-19: additional foliation in Hebrew characters in pen counting also the blank leaves.
2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves and 2 older paper flyleaves at the beginning and 19 unfoliated blank leaves and 2 modern unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchwords.
Condition
A few stains, worm holes, slight water damage.
Fols. 14-15: ink smudged.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Each responsum begins on a new leaf.
Numerous blank leaves, pages in the volume, in between parts and at the end.
Hand(s)
Oriental cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Decorated title page.
Additions:Blue paper slip glued onto fol. 26r, with the same handwriting as the rest of the manuscript.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Maṭṭēh Bhinyāmīn. Responsa and halakhic discourses. David Siriro. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10,100.'
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Ottoman Empire?Provenance and Acquisition
Aquisition note on fol. 1r by Moses Gaster: 'From Mr. L. Heyman [...] 97'
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 216: inscribed with his name (folios 1r, 53v); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (xx)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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10100 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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