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Or 9904

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Or 9904
Title:
Extracts from Writings followed by liturgical poems
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
71 folios (ii+57+14+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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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 9904

Extracts from Writings followed by liturgical poems

Contents

Extracts from Writings followed by liturgical poems for Ninth of Av

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 71 folios (ii+57+14+i)

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Proverbs, Job, Daniel, &c. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9904.'

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 43; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession 15 July 1927: inscribed on fol. 71v.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-54v
Title: כתובים (קטעים)
Title: Ketuvim (ḳeṭa'im)
Incipit: ...ם שם אני בחוקו חוג על פנ

ff. 1r-14r
Title: Ecclesiastes

Incomplete at the beginning: from Ecc. 8:27-31:31 (end).

ff. 14r-40v
Title: Job

Incomplete at the end: from Job 1:1-42:14.

ff. 41r-54v
Title: Daniel

Incomplete at the beginning and the end: from Dan. 1:11-9:1.

ff. 55r-57v
Title: Ḳinot le-Tishah be-Av
Title: קינות לתשעה באב

Fol. 55r: Index of lamentations. Ff. 57r-57v: "Ḳinah Ya'aḳov ha-Leṿi" beginning with: "שרים ושרות כולם נהפך אבל מחולם".

The collection of lamentation continues in the second part of the MS (fols. 58-71).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark are visible: a lying deer?
Extent: 57 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 135 × 98 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Several corrected folio numbers due to missed leaves when previously foliated.

Ff. 55v, 56v are blank.

Collation

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, mould.

Some leaves at the beginning are damaged, and have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:1

Running title in biblical books.

Ruling is visible (hard point).

Hand(s)

Oriental cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Decorative panel at the end of the Book of Ecclesiastes on fol. 14r.

Additions:

Scribbles or pen trials on fol. 56r and on front flyleaf (ii)r.

History

Origin: 18th century ;

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 58r-71v
Title: Ḳinot le-Tishah be-Av
Title: קינות לתשעה באב

Fol. 58r: "Ḳinah Avraham" beginning with: "יום קינה היום אל תבוא רננה בו".

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Blue paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark are visible: a horseman?
Extent: 14 folios (fols. 58-71)
Dimensions (leaf): 135 × 90 mm.
Dimensions (written): 105 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part. Several corrected folio numbers due to missed leaves when previously foliated.

Parallel Hebrew foliation beginning with א (fol. 58= fol. א).

Collation

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, mould.

Smudged ink.

Layout

Columns:1

Initial words of the lamentations are written in larger, square characters.

Ruling is visible (by hard point)

Hand(s)

Oriental cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Simple ink decoration at the beginning of some kinot (fols. 68r, 68v, 69v).

History

Origin: 18th century ;

Provenance

Additional Information

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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Bibliography

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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