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Or 10170
- Record Id:
- 032-003345977
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345977
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100035566738.0x000002
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10170
- Title:
- Treatise on Hebrew grammar
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003345977", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10170: Treatise on Hebrew grammar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003345977
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003345977
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 38 folios (i+38+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10170 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10170
Treatise on Hebrew grammar
Contents
A treatise on Hebrew grammar.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-16vAuthor:Title: חבור בדקדוק עברי Title: Ḥibur be-diḳduḳ ʿivriIncipit: ככלי האותיות - אותיות לשון הקדש כ"בFf. 12r-13v: chart about feminine and masculine forms of numbers; the columns have decorative top parts.
F. 3 is a small paperslip inserted into the collation later, with a note on the recto side and with a blank verso side.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 38 folios (i+38+i)Dimensions (leaf): 128 × 68 mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals. Parallel Hebrew foliation starting with ב (=f. 1). F. 3 is a later addition, does not have Hebrew foliation.
Collation
Undeterminable.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Water damage.
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Ruling with hard point, visible.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Marginal scribbles, hardly legible except the word Ancona (ff. 16r, 22v-24r).
Binding
Half-bound (cloth spine, paper board cover: paper).
Spine with Moses Gaster's label: 'ככלי ה[...] 316.'
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy (Ancona?)Provenance and Acquisition
Marginal note on fol. 38r: אנקו[נא] Ancona
Ownership inscription(s)(?) on f. 38v, hardly legible: ... questo libro...; Ancona Ancona ... Abram ...
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 316: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r, 38v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession: 12 March 1928 inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
British Museum stamp on f. 1v.
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_10170 (digital images currently unavailable)
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