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Or 10711
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- 032-003352603
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- Format:
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10711
- Title:
- Collection of Judeo-Persian poetical works.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 83 folios (iii+83+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10711 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Persian
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1898
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10711
Collection of Judeo-Persian poetical works.
Contents
A collection of Judeo-Persian poetical works.
Language(s): Judaeo-Persian
ff. 1r-79rTitle: Shāhzādeh u ṢūfīTitle: שהזאדה וצופיThe story of Barlaam and Josaphat in a Judaeo-Persian metrical version, based on Ben ha-melekh veha-nazir of Abraham ben Samuel ibn Hasdai
Filiation:See also British Library Or. 4731, item 8; Or. 4744, item 1; Or. 10196, item 1.
References
For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 38.ff. 79r-83rTitle: Ḥikāyat-i ān sih Yahūdān-i tājirThe story of Solomon and the three merchants, in verse.
Colophon: "תמת אל כתאב ... שה זאדה צופי ... יום שני כ"ג לחדש מת"ת [=מתן תורה] שנת ושאבתם מיים ב’ש’ש’ו’ן’ לב"ע [=תרנ"ח המעתיק טעה ושכח להוסיף את ה האלפים של בריאת העולם] כתבתי בשביל הגביר ... כמוה"ר מ יהודא המתקרי באבאי בן ... כה"ר מ’ שמואל כ"ץ יקרא הוא זרעו וזרע זרעו ... הכותב הצעיר אנא עבדא זעירא רפאל מלמד הכהן ס"ט בכה"ר נתנאל יצחק אברהם מנדגאר אליעזר כ"ץ נ"ע"ff. 82v-83rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: Crest-like device, surrounded with a belt-like motif and the motto 'PRO BONO PUBLICO', and with the inscription below it: 'UNIVERSAL FOOLSCAP'.Extent: 83 folios (iii+83+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 158 mm.Dimensions (written): 163 × 100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
A few sages stain, smudged ink.
Layout
Columns:2
Left margin is even.
Ruling is visible.
Leaves were folded into two vertically, and then unfolded, that folding line provides the division between the columns.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrewsemi-square and square script.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
BM in-house binding: half-bound. Boxed.
Spine: 'Shāhzādeh u ṣūfī. Jud.-Pers. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 10711.'
History
Origin: 1898 PersiaProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 936: inscribed with his name on fol. 1r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 23 April 1930: inscribed on back flyleaf 83v.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10711 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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