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Or 10368
- Record Id:
- 032-003366096
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- 032-003366096
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100039958734.0x000002
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10368
- Title:
- Collection of liturgical poetry
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003366096
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 123 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10368 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10368
Collection of liturgical poetry
Contents
Summary of Contents: A collection of liturgical poetry mainly from North Africa. The principal poets represented are Jacob ben Reuben Ibn Ẓur, Solomon ben Issachar Ḥaleṿa, with several by David ben Aaron ibn Ḥassin.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-37vTitle: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimIncipit: פיוטים שחבר כמוה"הר יעב"ץ זלה"הff. 38r-59vTitle: בקשות מאת פייטנים מצפון אפריקהTitle: Baḳashot me-et paiṭanim mi-Tsefon AfriḳahIncipit: אתחיל לכתוב בקשות בעזרת אל גדולff. 60r-62vTitle: קערת כסףTitle: Ḳaʿarat Kesefff. 62v-66vTitle: מוסר השכלTitle: Musar haśkelff. 67r-123vTitle: פיוטים מאת פייטנים מצפון אפריקהTitle: Piyuṭim me-et paiṭanim mi-Tsefon AfriḳahFragmentary indices on fols. 114 and 123v.
Colophon on f. 114r gives the place Séfrou (Morocco) and the datee 29 Adar [5]574 (1814).
Scribe's name under the colophon written in a calligraphic form, underneath the signature a later hand gave the name in pencil.
Colophon: הועתק על ידי אני הדל באלפי ישראל סופ רש וסופ דל וראש מל [...] ותהי השלמתו בעיר צפרו יע"א באחד בשבת כ"ט לאדר שנת תקע"ד f. 114rPhysical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Various kinds of paper, with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 123 foliosDimensions (leaf): 160 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Traces of earlier foliations in Hebrew in ink.
Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 49.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Put together from various MSS, with many large lacunae, and leaves bound out of order.
Condition
Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive scripts of the 18th-19th century. Written by several hands. One of the scribes: Solomon ben Issachar Ḥaleṿa (cf. colophon on f. 114r).
Decoration
Additions:Binding
BM in-house. Boxed.
Spine: 'Liturgical poems Hebrew British Library Oriental MS. 10368.'
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century North Africa (Morocco)Provenance and Acquisition
Inscription on front flyleaf (v)r: it was borrowed(?) by Barukh ben Shemuʾel from the owner Mordekhai ibn Laḥson ben Mosheh.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1402; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.
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_10368 (digital images currently unavailable)
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