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Or 9898

Record Id:
032-003353180
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Or 9898
Title:
Fragment of prophetic readings (hafṭarot)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
13 folios (ii+13+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9898

Fragment of prophetic readings (hafṭarot)

Contents

Fragment of prophetic readings (hafṭarot) with Targum, bound into a volume.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-13v
Author:
Title: כתובים
Title: Hafṭarot

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 13 folios (ii+13+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 110 × 170 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

The fragments are fixed onto paper leaves.

Condition

Very damaged fragments of paper leaves (worm damage, usage stains, fire? damage).

Layout

Columns:2

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 14th century, with superlinear punctuation.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Haphtaroth. Hebr-Aram. OR. 9898.'

History

Origin: 14th century ; Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Note on back flyleaf (i)v: "Fragments of Haphtaroth with Targum from codex(?) of Yemen MS(?) No.495".

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1414; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (ii)v; date of accession 5 May 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).

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