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Or 10108
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- 032-003355825
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100038040358.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10108
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003355825
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 94 folios (i+94+ix)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10108 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10108
Miscellany
Contents
A collection of various works.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 94 folios (i+94+ix)Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Miscellaneous works. Brit. Mus. OR. MS. 10,108.'
History
Origin: 1600-1699Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 435: inscribed with his name on fol. 94v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 26 March 1928: inscribed on fol. 94v.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-54rTitle: תקון סופריםTitle: Tikun sofrimThe MS mentions Samuel Jaffe (יפה, שמואל בן יצחק אשכנזי) as the author, but the real author is Moses Almosnino (cf. NLI catalogue).
According to the colophon, it was copied by Mosheh ben Ya'akov Uzi'el in Izmir in [5]442.
Colophon: אמר הצעיר והקטן שבישראל משה [בן] יעקב עזיאל ז"ל סק התקון סופרים זה העתקתי אותו מק' תקון סופרים אשר מצאתי ההית מדרשו של הרב הגדול מופלא שבסנהדרין מהר"ר חביב זלה"ה. והיתה העתקתו פה אזמיר יע"א בחדש מר חשון שנת בת"ם [...] f. 14rff. 55r-61vTitle: טופסי שטרותTitle: Tofse shetarotPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: cross in a oval-shaped mediallion, crown on top, flanked by two angels (e.g. fol. 3).Extent: 62 folios (+4 unfoliated blank leaves after fol. 1, and 5 unfoliated blank leaves after fol. 62)Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 146 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Hebrew foliation in pen starting on fol. 10 (=fol. א).
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 or 10 leaves.
Signatures in Hebrew characters starting on unfoliated blank folios before fol. 10.
From fol. 15r: catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, water damage.
Corrosive ink.
Layout
Columns:1
Section headings in larger, square characters.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-curisve and square script of the 17th century.
Scribe: Mosheh ben Ya'akov Uzi'el.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1682 Turkey (Izmir)Provenance
Ownership inscriptions ""מתנה ... מהר"ש חמי לק’ אלחנן ליאו שבתי ס"ט"" (fol. 1r).
II
Contents
ff. 62r-70vTitle: לוח השמות בסדר א"בTitle: Luah ha-shemot be-seder alef-betNames of persons and places for divorce letters. Fol. 70v: divorce letter sample (dated AM 5376 = 1616).
According to the colophon, it was copied by Moses ben Ya'akov Uzi'el.
Colophon: "אמר מבי"ע [= משה בן יעקב עזיאל] זה הקונטריס של שמות הגטין מתחלתו ... ועד סודו מצאתי אותו ביד החכם ... ישראל בנבנשת נר"ו בן ... חבי"ב [= חיים בן ישראל בנבנשת] ואמר לי החכם הנז’ שהוא כתב ידו של הרב דודו מהר"ר יהושע בנבנשת ז"ל" f. 70vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; 'AGORE' with a crown above it and a grape bunch underneath (e.g. fol. 70).Extent: 12 folios (including 1 unfoliated blank leaf before fol. 62 and 2 unfoliated blank leaves after fol. 70)Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
A single quire of 12 leaves.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, water damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling is visible.
Section headings in larger, square characters.
Outer vertical ruling is in pen.
Some marginal notes are folded (e.g. fols. 64r, 68v)
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-curisve and square script of the 17th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1616-1699 17th century (not before 1616) TurkeyProvenance
III
Contents
ff. 71r-92vTitle: אגרוןTitle: Irgonff. 93r-99vTitle: אל אלהים אדני רם על כל רמים שוכן מעוניTitle: El elohim Adonai ram ʿal kol ramim shokhen me`onaiPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 22 foliosDimensions (leaf): 206 × 151 mm.Dimensions (written): 158 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Signatures in Hebrew characters.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, water damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Poem on fols. 93-94 is in 2 columns.
Numerous unfoliated, blank leaves.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-curisve and square script of the 17th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Turkey?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_10108 (digital images currently unavailable)
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