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Or 10089

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032-003346811
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Or 10089
Title:
Collection of halakhic texts on ritual slaughter (Hebrew&Italian)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
41 folios (i+41+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
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
Jacob Weil
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Or 10089

Collection of halakhic texts on ritual slaughter (Hebrew&Italian)

Contents

Collection of halakhic texts on ritual slaughter.

Language(s): Italian, Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 41 folios (i+41+i)

Binding

BM in-house, green textile binding.

Spine: 'Tracts on Sheḥītāh. Jacob Weil and others. Hebrew & Italian. Brit. Mus. Or. 10,089.'

History

Origin: 1800-1899

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 304, 551, 559: inscribed with his name of fols. 1r, 9v, 10r, 12v, 21r, 33r, 34v, 35r, 41v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on front flyleaf (i)r; date of accession: 8 April 1929: inscribed on fol. 34v.

I

Contents

ff. 1r-19v
Language(s): Italian, Hebrew
Author:
Title: Dinin di Sechitá

An Italian version of Jacob Weil's compendium of the laws of ritual slaughter.

Gaster 304.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with chain lines and laid lines; watermark to be identfied.
Extent: 19 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, running from left to right.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Virtually no margins, lines run to the edges of the leaves.

Hand(s)

Italian (Latin) cursive writing of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Accompanying Material

ff. 10r-12v

Fols. 10r-12v: three pages of an early printed edition of Jacob Weil's Hilkhot sheḥiṭah.

History

Origin: 19th century ; Italy

Provenance

II

Contents

ff. 20ar-33v
Language(s): Italian, Hebrew
Author:
Title: Rules of sheḥiṭah

There are two unfoliated leaves before fol. 20 with scribbles and calculations (fols. [20a] and [20b]).

Gaster 551.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with chain lines and laid lines, no watermark is visible.
Extent: 15 folios (fols. 20a-33)
Dimensions (leaf): 157 × 109 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous work, running from left to right.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Virtually no margins, lines run to the edges of the leaves.

Italian text is interspersed with Hebrew words.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive script and Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 19th century ; Italy

Provenance

III

Contents

ff. 41v-34v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author:
Title: הלכות שחיטה
Title: Hilkhot sheḥiṭah

Fragment: beginning is incomplete.

Rules of sheḥiṭah in the form of responsa.

Gaster 559.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with chain lines and laid lines; traces of watermark visible.
Extent: 8 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 142 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 76 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, continuous with the previous work, running from left to right!.

Parallel Hebrew foliation from right to left starting with fol. כז (fol. 41-35).

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, slight water damage.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 9

Written lines: 9

Text in two framed columns.

Pricking and ruling (hard point) are visible.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Decoration

A few simple decorations in pen at the end on fol. 35r.

Additions:

History

Origin: 19th century ; Italy(?)

Provenance

Ownership inscriptions: "זה הספר קניתי מיד משולם לוי אנקונא - מרדכי בר טורני" (fol. 35r); "Questo Libro mi Lascato Angelo Terni di Ancona" (fol. 34v).

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).

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Surrogates

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