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Or 9926
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9926
- Title:
- First Book of Maccabees in Syriac translation
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 32 folios (i+32+i) folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9926 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1783
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1783-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9926
First Book of Maccabees in Syriac translation
Contents
First Book of Maccabees in Syriac translation
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-31rTitle: ספר חשמונאים (א’): בתרגום סוריTitle: Sefer Ḥashmonaʼim (1.): be-Targum SuriMarginal notes in redish-brownish ink.
Incipit: והוא מן בתר דקטל אלכסנדרוס בר פילליפוס מקדוניא f. 1rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper; watermark: posthorn in shield, countermark: D&C Blauw(Gravell Watermark Archive, SLD.349.2, dated 1783)Extent: 32 folios (i+32+i) foliosDimensions (leaf): 243 × 196 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
No catchwords, no signatures.
Chapter numbers in Latin numerals in the margins.
Blank, unfoliated leaf between fols. 31 and 32.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 18
Uniform layout.
Vertical ruling in pencil is visible.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive hand of the 18th-19th century, punctuated.
Decoration
Additions:Fragment from word conjugations on fol. 32v.
Binding
BM in-house, blank cloth binding.
Spine: 'Or. 9926. Brit. Mus. Syriac. Maccab. I.'
History
Origin: 18th-19th century (not before 1783) ; AshkenazProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 104; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession on fol. 32v: 15 September 1927.
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_9926 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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