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Or 10117

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Or 10117
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
2 folios (v+2+v)
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10117

Samaritan Pentateuch

Contents

A fragment of a Samaritan Pentateuch

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1r-2v
Author:
Title: תורה שומרונית
Title: Torah Shomronit

Includes: Exodus 35:30-37:9 (fol. 1) and Leviticus 15:12-16:25 (fol. 2).

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (v+2+v)
Dimensions (leaf): 415 × 307 mm.
Dimensions (written): 305 × 232 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Front flyleaf (v) and back flyleaf (i) is a modern blue paper bifolium, much smaller than the fragments themselves.

Folio 1 and 2 are not consecutive leaves.

Collation

A single bifolium.

No catchword.

Condition

Fragile, damaged leaves.

Water damage, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Even left margins.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script of the 15th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1195: inscribed with his name on fols. 1v and 2v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession: 17 December 1932 inscribed on fol. 2v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David:A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library (London: British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10117 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David, A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library (London: British Library, 1998), no. 139.

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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