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Or 12311
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12311
- Title:
- Rhyming dictionary
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003366475", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12311: Rhyming dictionary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 56 folios (v+56+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12311 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Italian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12311
Rhyming dictionary
Contents
Rhyming dictionary in Hebrew.
Language(s): Hebrew, Italian
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: sun? (e.g. fols. 34, 41), 'LUCHINATO PINEROLO' (e.g. fol. 29), with countermark: 'F.R.' (e.g. fol. 32).Extent: 56 folios (v+56+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 249 × 186 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Numerous verso sides are blank.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, folding lines.
Layout
Columns:2
Uniform layout.
Folding lines.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script and Italian cursive script of the 18th century.
Additions:Fol. 30r: scribbles and calculations in Hebrew and Italian.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Rhyming Dictionary. Hebrew. British Library Oriental MS. 12311.'
Accompanying Material
Fols. 54-56 are loose leaves added to the MS on guards: fols. 54 and 55: notes and calculations in Hebrew cursive and Italian cursive scripts; fol. 56: elongated paper slip with notes in cursive Hebrew script and stamp (see provenance).
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy?Provenance and Acquisition
Names on f. 30r: 'Raffael Levi', 'Zacaria Vitale', 'Reuben Vitale', 'Buonaiut Pugliesi' and, upside down, 'Levi Deveale'.
Fol. 54r: stamp: coats of arms of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the House of Savoy, and the inscription: "Gabel. Gener. Denari tre". Next to stamp, there is a signature: "Benedetto Carmi di Corte Maggiore"; the same stamp on fol. 54v.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1016; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 October 1931.
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_12311 (digital images currently unavailable)
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