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Or 10141

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Or 10141
Title:
Sefer ha-shalshalah
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
9 folios (ii+9+iii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Start Date:
1907
End Date:
1907
Date Range:
1907
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CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10141

Sefer ha-shalshalah

Contents

An abbreviated list of the priestly chain.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1v-9r
Author:
Title: Sefer ha-shalshalah: divre ha-yamim shel ha-Shomronim
Title: ספר השלשלה : דברי הימים של השומרונים

M. Gaster's note about the scribe on fol. 1r: מאת יעקב בן אהרן הכהן הלוי והכהן הגדול בזמן הזה כתבו וסדרו לכבודו ונתן לי במכירה [...] שלם בעת שבאתי לראות אץ מעשי השומרונים לדבר איתו בשכם. שנת התרס"ז חודש אייר.

In his note, Gaster describes this codex as Sefer toldot, and mentions another MS from his collection (no. 863): Divre ha-yamim shel Shomronim. Codex Gaster. 863 is currently in the John Rylands Library, Manchester (see. Robertson no. 257).

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 20th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper (watermark: 'Pirie's Old Style')
Extent: 9 folios (ii+9+iii)
Dimensions (leaf): 202 × 123 mm.
Dimensions (written): 118 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end; + the last leaf of the quire is unfoliated.

Collation

1 quire of 10 leaves; tenth leaf is ruled but unused and unfoliated.

Condition

Layout

Columns:4

In black ink. Ruling is in red ink for the columns.

Hand(s)

Samaritan minuscule script.

The scribe was Jacob ben Aaron, the High Priest.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Green cloth binding with M. Gaster's label: שלשלה 862; boxed.

History

Origin: 1907 Shechem

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 862: inscribed with his name (folios 1r, 9r); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; accession 28 March 1930: inscribed on fol. 9v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10141 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Gaster, M., 'The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronic Synopsis' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1909): 393-420.
    Gaster, M.,Handlist of Gaster Manuscripts held mostly in the British Library (formerly British Museum) London and in the John Rylands Library, Manchester [preface by Brad Sabin Hill (London, Hebrew Section, Oriental and India Office Collections, The British Library, 1995) (handlist, limited distribution), p. 66.
    Robertson, Edward, Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester; vol. 2: The Gaster Manuscripts (Manchester: The John Rylands Haggadah, 1938), no. 257. (
    Crown, Alan David,A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 23.

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