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Or 10109
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- 032-003352276
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10109
- Title:
- Collection of miscellaneous texts
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 151 folios (i+151+iv)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10109 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Italian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10109
Collection of miscellaneous texts
Contents
Collection of miscellaneous texts in Judeo-Italian and Hebrew
Language(s): Italian, Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 151 folios (i+151+iv)Binding
BM in-house, half-bound.
Spine: 'Miscellaneous Works. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR. MS. 10,109.'
History
Origin: 1600-1699Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 434: inscribed with his name on fols. 2r, 151v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 26 March 1928: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)r.
I
Contents
ff. 2r-9rLanguage(s): Italian, HebrewTitle: דקדוק עברי באיטלקיתTitle: Diḳduḳ ʻIvri be-IṭalḳitColophon: תם ונשלם [...] נכתב ע"י יחיאל בן כמ"ר שמואל יצ"ו מסנגויני. f. 9rff. 10r-26rLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: הלכות שחיטה ובדיקהTitle: Hilkhot sheḥiṭah u-vediḳahIncipit: דין ב' במה שוחטין ובדיקת הסכיןFol. 10r starts with the second decision on the sheḥiṭah, which suggests that the beginning of this section is incomplete.
Fols. 14v-18r: שאלות ותשובות על הלכות שחיטה; fols. 19r-22v: הלכות בדיקה בקצור; fols. 22v-22v: "שאלות ותשובות על הלכות בדיקה".
Colophon: תמו הלכות שחיטה תהלה לבורא מעלה ומטה ע"י הצעיר יחיאל מנגויני יצ"ו בן למ"א ... שמואל סנגויני יצ"ו. f. 14rff. 27r-31vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: אלפא ביתא מכל מלות זרות בזהרTitle: Alfa beta mi-kol milot zarot ba-ZoharIncipit: "פירוש קצת מלות זרות מהזהר"According to the colophon it was copied in [5]384, that is 1623/1624.
Fol. 31v: "תם ונשלם תהלה לבורא עולם".
Colophon: "נעתק פה מודינה ... שנ"א לי"א לפ"ק". f. 27rff. 32r-53vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: מגיד מישריםTitle: Magid mesharimIncomplete at the end.
Colophon:ff. 54r-64rLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: חבור באסטרולוגיהTitle: Ḥibur be-asṭrologyahIncipit: "קבלה על סימני הגשמים של כל השנה"Fol. 62v: chart.
Fol. 64r: "תם ונשלם תהלה לבורא עולם".
Colophon:ff. 65r-70vLanguage(s): Italian, HebrewTitle: Hebrew-Italian dictionaryColophon:ff. 71r-74vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: Sipur megilat Ester be-ḥaruzimTitle: ספור מגלת אסתר בחרוזיםIncipit: "ברצות אחשורוש הראות בעת שבתו"Colophon:ff. 75r-79rLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: דברי הימים למשה רבינוTitle: Divre ha-yamim le-Mosheh RabenuColophon:ff. 80r-111vLanguage(s): Italian, HebrewTitle: דרשות באיטלקיתTitle: Derashot be-IṭalḳitColophon:ff. 114r-151vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: מגיד מישריםTitle: Magid mesharimColophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark partially visible: anchor in circle with a cross on top (most of this type are dating from the 16th century - early 17th century; see Briquet online database (http://www.ksbm.oeaw.ac.at/_scripts/php/BR.php) and Vladimir Mošin, Anchor watermarks (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1973); and a lyre in a circle.Extent: 112 foliosDimensions (leaf): 179 × 133 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
6 quires: i8, ii24, iii22, iv24-4, v24, vi20. The 4 missing leaves in quire iv must have been cut off during the production of the MS since there is no lacuna in the text.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains.
Water damage.
Iron gall ink corrosion caused dmage to some of the leaves (e.g. fol. 54).
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
A few marginal notes.
Pricking is visible in places (e.g. fols. 58, 75).
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-cursive and cursive scripts of the 17th century.
Decoration
Additions:Notes, scribbles and calculations on fols. 1r, 112v, and back flyleaf (iii)v.
History
Origin: 17th century ; Italy?Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 114r-151vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: מגיד מישריםTitle: Magid mesharimColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper; watermarks of an anchor in a circle and a lyre in a circle.Extent: 39 folios (fols. 113-151)Dimensions (leaf): 181 × 132 mm.Dimensions (written): 144 × 86 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Parallel Hebrew foliation in pen starting on fol. 114 (= fol. א).
Collation
Collation is indeterminable (too tight binding).
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Even left margins.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive script of the early 17th century.
Decoration
Additions:Notes, scribbles in Italian and a deleted Hebrew note on back flyleaf (iii)v.
History
Origin: Early 17th century (before 1620) ; Italy?Provenance
Censors' signatures on fol. 151v: "Camillo Jaghel 1620" and "Visto per mi fr. Renato da Mo[den]a 1626".
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10109 (digital images currently unavailable)
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