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Or 9960
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- Yalḳuṭ ha-Makhiri
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 316 folios (iv+316+i)
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- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
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Or 9960
Yalḳuṭ ha-Makhiri
Contents
A midrashic commentary on the Psalms, by Makhir ben Abba Mari.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-316vTitle: ילקוט המכירי (תהלים): על תהליםTitle: Yalḳuṭ ha-Makhiri (Tehilim): ʻal TehilimIncipit: ספר הילקוט אמר המלקט החכמים שהיו לפנינו והרבנים אשר בדורנוPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a open hand with a flower on top.Extent: 316 folios (iv+316+i)Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 204 mm.Dimensions (written): 203 × 128 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pen (by Gaster?).
Collation
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Water damage, mould, iron gall ink corrosion.
Fragile leaves, some lined with silk gauze.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Chapter numbers in the outer margin by the scribe, in the upper margin added by a later hand.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
Decoration
Additions:Fol. 168v: note by a later hand: כאן דילג המעתיק ותפס [מתזמור?] ע"ח. ואת אשר דלג כאן תמלא להלק אחר שני דפן סוף ע"א כאשר מלוין שם
Binding
Brown leather binding, blind-tooled, with remains of two clasps.
Spine: 'Makhir B. Abba Mari. Śepher Hay-Yalkūṭ. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9960.'
In the digital surrogate the fore edge is called back flyleaf (ii)r.
Accompanying Material
Front flyleaves (ii)-(iii) are later additions containing the fragment of a poem by De Piera, Meshullam ben Solomon against Moreh nevukhim. For the poem, see Sammelband kleiner Beitrage aus Handschriften, (Berlin: Ḥevrat meḳitse nirdamim, 1885) Jahrgang 1, pp. 9-12.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on fol. 1r: זה ספר הוא של בנימן די גאוש יצ"ו
The polemical poem on front flyleaves (ii)-(iii) has a censorship note in Russian, dated 18 December 1838 saying that the MS has been approved by the rabbi of Radoshkovichi who worked as a government censor (front flyleaves (ii)r and (iii)r): Одобрено цензурою Января 18 дня 1838 года. Front flyleaf (ii)r has another date as well: 1844.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 100: inscribed with his name on fol. 316v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v; date of accession 12 September 1927: inscribed on fol. 316v.
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_9960 (digital images currently unavailable)
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