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Or 5038

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Or 5038
Title:
Samaritan prayers for Passover
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
109 folios (109+ix)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5038 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Samaritan
Scripts:
Arabic
Samaritan
Start Date:
1749
End Date:
1787
Date Range:
1749-1787
Era:
CE
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Or 5038

Samaritan prayers for Passover

Contents

Samaritan prayers for Passover

Language(s): Samaritan, Arabic, tmr-Samr

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 109 folios (109+ix)
Additions:

Arabic inscription on fol. 1r and back flyleaf (ix)v.

Binding

Islamic flap binding, red cloth covers and red leather spine and flap.

Spine: 'Passover Services. Samaritan. Brit. Mus. Or. 5038.'

History

Origin: 1749-1787 West Bank (Nablus)

Provenance and Acquisition

1896-07

Acquired in July 1896 (fol. 109v).

I

Contents

ff. 1v-79v
Author:
Title: תפלות מנהג שומרונים לפסח
Title: Tefilot minhag Shomronim le-Fesaḥ

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. fols. 75, 79) with countermark: F.F. PALAZZUOLI (e.g. fol 109).
Extent: 79 folios (fols. 1-79)
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 152 mm.
Dimensions (written): 147 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

8 quires: i8, ii12-1, iii-viii10.

Catchword written diagonally on the lower margin of every verso.

Condition

Usage stains.

Water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Text in 1 or 2 columns.

Uniform layout.

Even left margins.

Occasional marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script and Arabic script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Text written in geometrical forms (fols. 71r-72v).

Additions:

Arabic, Samaritan and Judeo-Arabic(?) notes on fol. 1r.

History

Origin: 1749 Nablus

Provenance

II

Contents

ff. 80r-109v
Author:
Title: תפלות מנהג שומרונים לפסח
Title: Tefilot minhag Shomronim le-Fesaḥ

According to Crown, this part was completed in 1202 AH (1787 CE), however, codicological features (layout, ink, watermark) point towards the 2nd half of the 19th century. Probably it was copied from a MS completed in 1787?

Colophon: Fol. 103v.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper (whiter than previous part), with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. fol. 105) with countermark: F.F. PALAZZUOLI (e.g. fol 109).
Extent: 30 folios (fols. 80-109)
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 153 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals, continuation of the previous part .

Collation

2 quires of 10 leaves.

Catchword written diagonally on the lower margin of every verso.

Condition

Usage stains.

Water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Text in 1 or 2 columns.

Uniform layout.

Even left margins.

Hand(s)

Samaritan minuscule script and Arabic script of the 18th century, in blank and magenta ink.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1787 Nablus

Provenance

Additional Information

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: The British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5038 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 85.

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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