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Or 9920
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- 032-003352664
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9920
- Title:
- Arabic translation of the Targum to the Song of Song
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 51 folios (bound with another MS: i+51+13+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9920 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9920
Arabic translation of the Targum to the Song of Song
Contents
An Arabic translation of the Aramaic translation of the Song of Songs.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 2r-51rTitle: שרח שיר השירים Title: Sharḥ Shir ha-ShirimPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark.Extent: 51 folios (bound with another MS: i+51+13+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Bound with Or 9921 in the British Museum. The different dates of accession show that Or 9920 and Or 9921 had been separate volumes when the BM acquired them.
Collation is indeterminable (binding too tight).
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Simple floral decoration in ink at the end of the work onfol. 48v.
Additions:Fols. 1r-1v, 49r-51v: scribbles and notes.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Targum to the Song of Songs. Aram. & Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental. 9920&9921.'
History
Origin: 18th century ; Orient?Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions: "הצעיר אהרן בר ניסים ענתבי" (fol. 42r); "אני הצעיר אהרן ענתבי" (fol. 49r); "הצעיר דוד ישעיה..." (49r).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 749: inscribed with his name on fols. 1r, 2r, 48v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf [ii]v; date of accession 24 November 1928: inscribed on fol. 51v.
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_9920 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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