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Or 10122
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- Or 10122
- Title:
- Sefer ha-ḥayim
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 91 folios (i+91+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10122 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1875-1904
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10122
Sefer ha-ḥayim
Contents
Summary of Contents: A modern copy of Sefer ha-Ḥayim attributed to Abraham ibn Ezra.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-91rTitle: ספר החייםTitle: Sefer ha-ḥayimCopy of a 14th-century MS: [BL] Or 1055.
Second volume, see M. Gaster's note on front flyleaf (i)v: 'II p.92-182 M.G.'. Volume 1 is Gaster Hebrew 375 in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lined paperExtent: 91 folios (i+91+i)Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 109 mm.Dimensions (written): 130 × 77 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Earlier foliation in continuous with the first volume, that is, start with fol. 92 and ends with fol. 182.
Collation
6 quires of mostly 16 leaves.
Condition
Good condition.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Main text is only on the recto sides, verso sides are kept for annotations.
Certain parts are marked or underlined in red pencil.
Hand(s)
Hebrew cursive script of the early 20th century in black ink. Copied by Menasseh Grossberg (cf. [BL] Or 10111 and [BL] Or 10243).
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Post-1600. Boxed.
Spine with Moses Gaster's label: 'ס' החיים לראב"ע 376.'
Accompanying Material
Loose paper slip with notes: "MS.376 BM 10122 loc.42A.e. not mentioned Gaster list. Sēpher ha-Hayyīm by Eleazar of Worms (not by Abraham Ibn Ezra as stated in the spine. Vol. II. only. pp. 92-182. 91ff. copied from MB. MS. Or 1055 (XVII) probably by M. Grossberg beg. of XX cent. s. Margoliouth. vol. III. p.59f. MG [No] 395 (probably vol. I of the same work) not mentioned in Gaster list and not found."
History
Origin: Last quarter of the 19th century - beginning of 20th century (not after 1904). ; EnglandProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster's note in pencil on fol. 91r: '182 pp. M. G. 14.x.902'
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 376; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession: 14 March 1928 inscribed on fol. 91v.
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_10122 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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