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Or 9940
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- Or 9940
- Title:
- Minḥat Yehudah by Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov Ḥanin
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 198 folios (ii+198+i)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1617
- End Date:
- 1618
- Date Range:
- 1617-1618
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9940
Minḥat Yehudah by Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov Ḥanin
Contents
Biblical commentaries by Yehudah ben Yaʻaḳov Ḥanin.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-197rTitle: מנחת יהודה: פרוש על שמואל, מלכים וישעיהוTitle: Minḥat Yehudah: perush ʽal Shemʼel, Melakhim ṿi-YeshaʽyahuIncipit: ספר שמואל - שמן וקטרת ישמח לב ומתק רעהו מעצת נפשCommentary on the Book of Samuel, Kings and Isaiah (until ch. 3) in two columns: one column is"shemen: a commentary according to the plain meaning (peshat) and the rabbinical midrashim; the other column is "ketoret": a commentary according to the kabbalah.
ff. 1r-54rTitle: First Book of Samuelff. 54r-102vTitle: Second Book of SamuelColophon: נשלם ספר שמואל יום א' בשנת ג' ימים לחדש טבת שנת ש'ו'ב'ע' שמחת את פניך לפ"ק ע"י אני הצעיר [...]. f. 102vff. 103r-146vTitle: First Book of Kingsff. 146v-185rTitle: Second Book of KingsColophon: תם ונשלם ספר מלכים יום ג' בשבת ד' ימים לחדש שבט פ' היום הז[...] לזכרון שנת א’ש’ב’ע’ה’ בהקיץ לפ"ק על ידי אני הצעיר [...]. f. 185rff. 186r-197rTitle: IsaiahPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a pot with one handle and with cover with ornament and cross(?) above.Extent: 198 folios (ii+198+i)Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 158 × 118 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil both in the upper and in the lower left corners.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink (fol. 2=fol. עג), which shows that 71 leaves are missing from the beginning.
Fol. 185v is blank.
Collation
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, usage stains, worm damage, slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Very fragile leaves, some have been conserved; e.g. fol. 40 is lined with silk gauze.
Layout
Columns:2
Running title.
Section headings with larger, square characters.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th century.
Decoration
Additions:At the end of the manuscript on fol. 198r, there is a poem according to the kabbalah, which begins as follows: אצילות הודך על מיחדך "the nobility of your grandeur is upon the one who professes your unity").
Front flyleaf (ii)V: calculations in ink and pencil.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Commentaries on Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9940.'
History
Origin: 1617-1618Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1480; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession 26 November 1928: inscribed on fol. 198r.
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_9940 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
ספר מנחה חדשה, הוצאת אורות יהדות המגרב, לוד, תשס"ב.Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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