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Or 10263
- Record Id:
- 032-003354739
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354739
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037551426.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10263
- Title:
- Collection of liturgical poems.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003354739", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10263: Collection of liturgical poems." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003354739
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003354739
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 6+1 folios (i+6+iii+1)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10263 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10263
Collection of liturgical poems.
Contents
A collection of liturgical poems for the festivals.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-6vTitle: פיוטים למועדיםTitle: Piyuṭim la-MoʿadimIncipit: יפית ונעמת צבית חן עין לשם שבוIncludes piyutim for Sukot, Hanukah and Simhat Torah.
Most of them were composed by Yiśraʾel Najara (first poem, see Davidson י3401).
Incomplete and partially vocalized.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 6+1 folios (i+6+iii+1)Dimensions (leaf): 128 × 75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Folio 7 is a separate leaf, not part of the text block.
In the digital surrogate, the folder containing the MS and the separate fragment is shown as back flyleaves (iv)-(v).
Collation
A single quire of 8-1 leaves: fols. 1-6 and back flyleaf (i).
Condition
Currently, the MS is in three parts but all three are stored in the same box: the text block (constituted of fols. 1-6) and a larger paper leaf from a different MS (fol. 7) are put into the same folder; the original binding of the text block is in a separate folder underneath.
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Fols. 1-4: even left margin, text is not punctuated; fols. 5-6: uneven left margin, text is punctuated.
Hand(s)
Square script of the 19th century, partially vocalised.
Decoration
Illustrations of musical instruments: wind instruments (fol. 2r); an organ and a pair of string instruments resembling a harp and a mandolin (fol. 3r).
Additions:Binding
Post-1600. Boxed.
Spine with M. Gaster's label 'שירה 1057.'
Accompanying Material
Fol. 7 is a paper leaf from another liturgical MS. Perhaps it was inserted into the binding (dimensions: 191mm×120mm).
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1057: inscribed with his name on fol. 1r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession 3 October 1931.
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_10263 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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