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Or 9950

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Or 9950
Title:
Commentary on the Prophets by Samuel Laniado
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
111 folios (ii+111+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Start Date:
1550
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1550-1699
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Laniado, Samuel ben Abraham, d 1605,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110942876,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/59444370
Laniado, Samuel ben Abraham, d 1605,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110942876,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/59444370
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9950

Commentary on the Prophets by Samuel Laniado

Contents

Commentary on the Prophets by Samuel Laniado in 3 volumes.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-111v
Author: Laniado, Samuel ben Abraham, -1605 לניאדו, שמואל בן אברהם
Title: פרוש נביאים: צפניה-מלאכי
Title: Perush Neviʼim: Tsefaniah-Malakhi

Volume 1 (Or 9948) contains Jeremiah and Ezekiel (incomplete).

Volume 2 (Or 9949) contains Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Micah.

Volume 3 (Or 9950) contains Zephaniah-Malachi.

Autograph?

ff. 1r-12v
Title: Commentary on Zephaniah
ff. 13r-22v
Title: Commentary on Haggai
ff. 23r-97v
Title: Commentary on Zechariah

Incomplete at the end.

ff. 98r-111v
Title: Commentary on Zechariah

Incomplete at the beginning.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; no watermark is visible.
Extent: 111 folios (ii+111+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 327 × 218 mm.
Dimensions (written): 260 × 165 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Parallel pagination in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Fol. 84v is blank.

Collation

Leaves and sometimes bifolia are on guards.

Catchwords on some versos.

Condition

Very fragile leaves, some lined with silk gauze, some patched.

Usage stains, water damage, mould damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Fols. 29-31 and 78-83 have a different layout: lines are curved upwards, line spacing denser; perhaps different hand?

Some marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Fol. 98r: some calculations on the outer margin.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Samuel Laniado. Commentary on Jeremiah, Ezekiel, & Minor Prophets. Hebrew. Vol. III. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9950.'

History

Origin: second half of the 16th century - 17th century ;

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on fol. 100r: "אברהם ברוך [...]".

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1682: inscribed with his monogramme on front flyleaf (ii)v, fol. 111v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (ii)v: date of accession 14 February 1929: 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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