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Or 9941
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- 032-003353859
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9941
- Title:
- Meʼirat ʽenayim by Meir ben Bezalel Kohen Gershon of Lissa
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 53 folios (ii+53+ii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9941 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1716
- End Date:
- 1716
- Date Range:
- 1716
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9941
Meʼirat ʽenayim by Meir ben Bezalel Kohen Gershon of Lissa
Contents
A commentary on the Book of Psalms.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-53vTitle: מאירת עיניםTitle: Meʼirat ʽenayimIncipit: לשם יחוד קב"ה ולשכינתיה וכ'Colophon: "כ"ב הקטן מאיר במהר"ר בצלאל כ"ץ זצ"ל ממשפחת הגרשוני סופר מק"ק ליסא מלמד להועיל לבחורי ישראל - פה ק"ק דערין בורג היום יום ו' [...] [...] שבט תסמ"ך לפ"ק - ואני המעתיק הקטן יעקב בא"א הררי יצחק כץ משווערינץ מלמד להועיל פה דערין בורג בשנת תע"ו יום י"ז תמוז לפ"ק". f. 3rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no traces of watermark.Extent: 53 folios (ii+53+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 120 × 67 mm.Dimensions (written): 100 × 58 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe.
Fol. 3v is blank.
Collation
12 quires of 4 leaves (fols. 1-48); structure of fols. 49-53 is unclear.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, stains caused by the clasps, slight water damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Headings are in larger, square characters.
Ruling is visible (by hard point).
Justified left margin.
Last sentence on Ps. 140 is crossed out (fol. 52r).
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Diagram on fol. 21v.
Additions:Binding
Black leather binding, blind-tooled, with originally with two clasps, but the upper one is missing. (fore edge is called on Digital Manuscripts as f.iii-r).
Spine: 'Meir Gershon. Meirath 'Eynayim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9941.'
History
Origin: 1716 Germany (Derenburg)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 116; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (ii)v; date of accession 16 September 1927: 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_9941 (digital images currently unavailable)
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