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Or 9952
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- Or 9952
- Title:
- Miscellany of midrashic works
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 68 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9952 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1500-1799
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- CE
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Or 9952
Miscellany of midrashic works
Contents
Miscellany of midrashic works
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 16th-17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 68 foliosBinding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Pirḳe de-Rabbi Eli'ezer. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR. 9952.'
History
Origin: 1500-1799Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 9; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
I
Contents
ff. 2r-39vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: פרקי דרבי אליעזרTitle: Pirḳe de-Rabi EliʻezerIncipit: "היו מדייגין כל שבטי ישראל ואומר משה ואלעזר"Incomplete at the beginning: Chapter 17 (the first few words are missing) - Chapter 39.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a shamrock between two letters 'B' (e.g. fol. 14), angel(?) in medallion with a flower on top (fol.37).Extent: 38 folios (fols. 2-39)Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink (by the scribe?) shows that at least 24 leaves are missing from the beginning: fol. 2=fol. כד.
Collation
Some of the leaves are on guards.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Worm damage, usage stains.
Fol. 1 is very damaged, fixed on a guard leaf.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century
Decoration
Additions:Fol.1 containing a fragment of Chapter 10 of Pirḳe de-Rabi Eliʻezer is probably from a different MS (different paper, different hand).
History
Origin: 17th-18th century ;Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 40r-51vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: פרקי דרבי אליעזרTitle: Pirḳe de-Rabi EliʻezerIt contains Chapter 40 - Chapter 49 (incomplete).
The chapter numbers are incorrect and the scribe of the previous part added the correct chapter numbers.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a bird (fols. 41, 43).Extent: 12 folios (fols. 40-51)Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuation of preceding part. Parallel Hebrew foliation; continuation of preceding part.
Collation
A single quire of 12 leaves.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Worm damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 28
Written lines: 28
Uniform layout.
Ruling is visible (hard point).
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script of the 16th-17th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 16th-17th century ;Provenance
III
Contents
ff. 52r-59vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: פרקי דרבי אליעזרTitle: Pirḳe de-Rabi EliʻezerContains: second half of Chapter 49 - Chapter 54 (incomplete).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a shamrock between two letters 'B' (e.g. fol. 52), angel(?) in medallion with a flower on top (fol.56).Extent: 8 folios (fols. 52-59)Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuation of preceding part. Parallel Hebrew foliation; continuation of preceding part.
Collation
A single quire of 8 leaves.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Worm damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century, the same scribe as that of Part 1 (fols. 2-39).
Decoration
Additions:Fol. 59v: Hebrew text and notes by a different hand.
History
Origin: 17th-18th century ;Provenance
IV
Contents
ff. 60r-64vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: פרוש נביאים (הושע א-ד, יונה)Title: Perush Neviʼim li-Shemuʼel Almośnino (Hosheaʻ 1-4, Yonah)Attributed to Shemuʼel Almośnino.
Incomplete at the end.
ff. 65r-68vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: חבור יפה מהישועה (קטע)Title: Ḥibur yafeh meha-yeshuʻah (ḳeṭaʻ)Similar to the printed version of Contantinople of 1519 (AM 5279).
Marginal note written perpendicularly in the outer margin on fol. 61v.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: monogramme WS (?) with a shamrock in between the letters (fol. 62).Extent: 9 folios (fols. 60-68)Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 176 × 120 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuation of preceding part. Parallel Hebrew foliation; continuation of preceding part.
Collation
A single quire of 10-1 leaves.
Catchword on almost every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Very narrow margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Scribbles in blank ink on fols. 60r-60v. Fol. 63r: beginning of a piyut in Aramaic by a later hand in blank ink: ברשותא דימארי עלמא הוא אלהא רבא וגברא ודחילא שמיה לעלם.
History
Origin: 17th-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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9952 (digital images currently unavailable)
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