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Or 10303

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032-003359142
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Or 10303
Title:
Collection of liturgical texts
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
12 folios (iii+12+iii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1700-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Avraham Hazan
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10303

Collection of liturgical texts

Contents

A collection of prayers, and liturgical poems.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 12 folios (iii+12+iii)

Binding

Black cloth binding.

Spine with M. Gaster's label: '307-8 שירים.'

History

Origin: 1700-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 304, 307, 308; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 February 1928: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)r.

I

Contents

ff. 1r-4r
Author:
Title: סדר תפלה להרחיק המגפה
Title: Seder tefilot le-harḥiḳ ha-magefah

F. 1r: title page.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 146 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

F. 3v is blank.

Collation

A single quire of 4 leaves.

Condition

Folding lines show that the leaves had been folded.

F. 1 is damaged.

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Text in 1 or 2 columns.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th-19th century.

Decoration

A few very simple decoration in pen on the title page and between columns.

Additions:

F. 4v: scribbles and doodles.

History

Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century Italy?

Provenance

Gaster number 304: inscribed with his name on fols. 1r, 3r.

II

Contents

ff. 5r-10v
Author:
Title: פיוטים ושאלת חלום
Title: Piyuṭim u-sheʾelat ḥalom

Ff. 5r-6r: pizmon for the eve of Rosh ha-Shanah starting "אחות קטנה תפילותיה עורכה" by Avraham Hazan.

Ff. 6r-8r: pizmon for blowing the shofar starting: יי בקול שופר ישמיע ישועה.

Ff. 8v-10r: sheʾelat ḥalom.

Date in the MS on f. 9v: בשנה הזאת שהיא שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ןשלש לבריאת העולם.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios (fols. 5-10)
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 97 mm.
Dimensions (written): 115 × 82 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

A single quire of 6 leaves.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square and semi-cursive scripts of the 18th century.

Ff. 5r-8r: square script.

Ff. 8v-10v: square and semi-cursive script, different hand.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1700-1743 1st half of the 18th century (not after 1743). Italy?

Provenance

Gaster number 307: inscribed with his name on ff. 5r, 10v.

III

Contents

ff. 11r-12v
Author:
Title: אורחות אראלים יאדירו בסיני
Title: Orḥot erʼelim yaʼadiru be-Sinai
Incipit: "אורחות אראלים יאדירו בסיני"

Ofan for the second day of Shavuot.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (fols. 11-12)
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 107 mm.
Dimensions (written): 118 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

A single quire of 4 leaves, including the 2 unfoliated leaves at the end named as back flyleaves (i)-(ii).

No catchword.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Even left margins.

Ruling is visible (hard point).

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy (Naples?)

Provenance

Gaster number 308: inscribed with his name on ff. 11r, 12v. Acquisition note by Gaster on f. 11r: 'Neapel x. 899'.

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).

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Surrogates

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Funding of Cataloguing

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