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Or 10135
- Record Id:
- 032-003352290
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003352290
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100036263830.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10135
- Title:
- Shirat ha-dodim by Yiśrʾel Binyamin Basan
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003352290
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003352290
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 6 folios (iv+6+iv)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10135 (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:
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- Names:
- Basan, Yisra'el Binyamin ben Yesha'yahu, 1701-1790
Basan, Yisra'el Binyamin ben Yesha'yahu, 1701-1790
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Isaiah ben Joseph Hay Karmi
Rachel bat Azriel Sforno - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10135
Shirat ha-dodim by Yiśrʾel Binyamin Basan
Contents
Poem composed for a wedding
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-6rTitle: שירת דודיםTitle: Shirat dodimThe poem was composed for the wedding of Isaiah ben Joseph Hay Karmi and Rachel bat Azriel Sforno.
Autograph?
Incipit: "שירת דודים לנשואי הבחור התורני[...] נעים כמהח"ר ישעיה בכמהח"ו יוסף חי קרמי נר"ו עם הבתולה היקרה מרת רחל תמ"א בת [...] כמ"ר עזריאל ספורנו ז"ל" [...] נפשי לחוות את האהבה בשיר רחשי."Colophon: Fol. 6r: לדוד בשמתי את טעמי אוהב דבק זה שמי ישראל בנימין באסאן.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: crowned shield with curly outlines.Extent: 6 folios (iv+6+iv)Dimensions (leaf): 162 × 112 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
A single quire of 6 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, slight water damage, paper patched in places.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Two verses in each page.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Black cloth binding. Boxed.
Spine with M. Gaster's label: 'שירת דודים 460.'
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 460: inscribed with his name on fol. 6r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 24 July 1928: inscribed on fol. 6v.
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_10135 (digital images currently unavailable)
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