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Or 10643
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10643
- Title:
- Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides (fragment)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 9 folios (ii+9+ii)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
- Era:
- CE
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Or 10643
Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides (fragment)
Contents
A fragment of the Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides in Judeo-Arabic.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-9vTitle: דלאלה אלחאירין (קטע)Title: Dal᾿ālat al-ḥā᾿irīn (ḳeṭaʿ)An fragment from the second part, Chapter 16 (fol. 1), Chapters 13-15 (fols. 2-9).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 9 folios (ii+9+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 137 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
A single quire of 8 leaves (fols. 2-9) and fol. 1 is glued to its front.
At the end, after fol. 9 there is a quire of 8 guards (these are not displayed in the digital surrogate).
No sign of catchwords, although lower margins is often damaged.
Condition
Very fragile leaves, all conserved, text is hardly legible in places.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Uniform layout.
Even left margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) semi-cursive/cursive script of the 15th century.
Binding
Black cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Orient(?)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 605: inscribed with his name on fols. 1r, 9v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 15 April 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 Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10643 (digital images currently unavailable)
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