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Or 10097
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- Or 10097
- Title:
- Shaʿare ṭohorah by Yaḥyā Ṣaliḥ
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- Extent:
- 10 folios (i+10+xx)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Arabic
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10097
Shaʿare ṭohorah by Yaḥyā Ṣaliḥ
Contents
A compendium of the laws of purification of women.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-10vLanguage(s): Judeo-ArabicTitle: שערי טהרהTitle: Shaʿare ṭohorahIncipit: "זה ספר שערי טהרה בדין הנדה."Title in the manuscript: Sha’are ṭohora be-din ha-nidah.
With marginal notes written by, among others, Avraham (אברהם) (f. 1b) who mentions his teacher Yahya ben Yahya Elbadihi.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark with human face.Extent: 10 folios (i+10+xx)Dimensions (leaf): × mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals. Parallel Hebrew foliation starting on fol. 2 (fol. א).
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Some leaves are patched.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Section headings are written in bigger, square characters, decorated with red ink. Paragraph numbers and running title are marked with red ink on the top.
Even left margins.
Marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive and square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Ends with two poems after the introduction: כדי שלא יהיה הנייר פנוי ראיתי להפ[...] כאן שני שירים ערבים ... The first poem is by Shalem Shabazi, which begins as follows: משוך החן להשפיע אל הדסה, and the second poem is by Judah ha-Levi which begins with: חתן תנה הודך עלי כלה.
Binding
BM in-house, green cloth binding.
Spine: 'Shaʻare ṭohorah. The Laws of Purity for XXX Judeo-Arabic. Brit. Mus. OR. 10,097.'
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Yemen?Provenance and Acquisition
Note by Moses Gaster on fol. 1r: "From Mr L. Heyman 10 Novb 97.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 223: inscribed on fols. 1r and 10v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (xix)v; date of accession: 9 February 1928: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)r.
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_10097 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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