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Or 9890
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9890
- Title:
- Pentateuch (Genesis-Exodus)
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 163 folios (i+163+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9890 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 1700-1871
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9890
Pentateuch (Genesis-Exodus)
Contents
Pentateuch (Genesis-Exodus).
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-161vTitle: תורה (בראשית-שמות)Title: Torah (Be-reshit-Shemot)First volume of a 2-volume set, for volume 2, see Or 9891.
F. 2r: title page.
Colophons on ff. 2r and 3r are crossed out but legible.
Colophon: "ונכתב על שמי אני הקל הצעיר שלום בן לאדוני אבי מ"ו יוסף אלבשארי הב"ה יזכיני להגהות בו אני וזרע זרעי עד סוף כל הדורות אכי"ר" f. 2rColophon: "ספרא חלשא ומסכינא הצעיר שלום בן אמ"ו יוסף בן סעדיא אלבשארי" f. 3rff. 4r-89vTitle: Genesisff. 90r-161vTitle: ExodusPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark.Extent: 163 folios (i+163+i)Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 156 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 95 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable (binding too tight).
No catchwords or signatures.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage.
Some leaves are patched.
Small hole on f. 1.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Marginal notes by various hands.
Running title (parashiyot) added by a different hand).
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Yemenite square script of the 18th-19th century.
Decoration
Title page with decorated full-border (fol. 2r).
Parashah signs have simple ink decorations (e.g. ff. 12v, 78v, 118v, 149r).
Additions:Binding
BM in-house binding but includes the original dark brown, blind-tooled leather covers.
Spine: 'Pentateuch. Hebrew & Aramaic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9890.'
Accompanying Material
F. 163 is a leaf with leather fragments glued onto it, with biblical texts, probably from discarded Torah scrolls.
History
Origin: 18th-19th century, not after 1871. ; Yemen?Provenance and Acquisition
Birth records from 1871 (2182 SE) and 1877 (2188 SE) on fol. 2r.
Ownership inscriptions in Judeo-Arabic: הד'ה אלתאג חק סעיד ן' יוסף אלצפירה יצ''ו ברוך הקורא בו וארור גונבו,תאג רהן פי דקשין [...] ענד סלאם אבן מ''ו / מ''ן יוסף אלבשארי [...] יוסף אבן יחיא אלבשארי וש[...] (crossed out but legible), הדה אלתאג ק[דיש מ]ן בג' קדוש ונץ חגר לא בקא לה לא חק ולא דעוא f. 1r ; "לעולם יכתוב אדם שמו על ספרו שמא יבוא אחג מן השוק ...הדא אלכתאב לסעיד אבן יוסף אלצפירה ...והגונבו ימחה שמו מן העולם" f. 162r
M. Gaster's note about the date of acquistion on fol. 161v: "Jan. 1898".
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 236: inscribed with his name on fols. 2r, 161v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession 15 February 1928: inscribed on fol. 163v.
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_9890 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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