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Or 10093
- Record Id:
- 032-003317712
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100034267847.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10093
- Title:
- Collection of halakhical texts
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003317712
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 35 folios (i+35+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10093 (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 10093
Collection of halakhical texts
Contents
Collection of halakhical texts
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 35 folios (i+35+i)Binding
BM in-house, green texile binding.
Spine: 'Compendia of sheḥītāh. Jacob Weil and others. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10,093.'
History
Origin: 1800-1899Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 362, 547: inscribed with his name (fols. 1r, 8v, 10r, 31r); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-8vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: אבני זכרון : הלכות שחיטות וטרפותTitle: Avne zikaron : hilkhot sheḥiṭot u-ṭerefotFragment of the compendium (middle of Ch. 1 - beginning of Ch. 10).
Gaster number 362.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper, no watermark is visible.Extent: 8 foliosDimensions (leaf): 168 × 108 mm.Dimensions (written): 117 × 73 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
1 quire of 8 leaves.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, a few stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive scripts of the 19th century. Two hands can be distinguished.
Fols. 1r-7v lines 1-11: larger, more elongated characters; fols. 7v from line 12-8v: smaller characters, more round-shaped.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 19th century ; Yemen?Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 9r-10vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: דינים ודרך השחיטה בקצרהTitle: Dinim ṿe-derekh ha-sheḥiṭah bi-ḳetsarahff. 11v-31rLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: הלכות שחיטהTitle: Hilkhot sheḥiṭahGaster number 547.
With the commentary of Zvi Hirsh ben Yitsḥaḳ Yaʿaḳov of Krakow.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper, watermarks: tre-lune and shamrock.Extent: foliosDimensions (leaf): 184 × 116 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals, continuous with the previous work in the volume.
Unfoliated leaf before fol. 9.
Collation
1 quire of 30-2 leaves (including unfoliated blank leaf before fol. 9).
Condition
Fol. 35 is damaged, only the inner half has been preserved.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 20
Written lines: 20
The main work and its commentary are running side by side: Jacob Weils's work on the recto, Zvi Hirsh's commentary on the verso.
Ruling in pencil and ink is visible.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square script for the main text and semi-cursive script for the commentary.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Italy (Ferrara)?Provenance
Ownership note by Avraham Ravenna on fol 9r: זה הספר של אברהם ראוינה די פארפרה.
Italian purchase note (?) on fol. 34r: "Nota della spesa di Abram [...] Raven[n]a dotormi(?) lire austriachi 10:50 e più [...] Parma e Lo[n]dra ..."
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
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