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Or 12321
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- Or 12321
- Title:
- Sermons by Mordekhai ben Yuzpa Hena
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 152 folios (iii+152+iii)
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- Languages:
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12321
Sermons by Mordekhai ben Yuzpa Hena
Contents
Sermons and novellae in Hebrew by Yuzpa Hena (Hanau) of Hamburg.
Language(s): Hebrew, Yiddish
ff. 1r-150rTitle: דרשות וחדושיםTitle: Derashot ṿe-ḥidushimHomiletical notes on the weekly Torah portions for festivals and eulogies.
F. 119: an insert in a different hand concerning a problem in Ṭohorot.
F. 120r: mentions Yuzpa Hena's book: שכתבתי בספר שלי מגדים חדשים.
F. 132v: a decision signed by him concerning shaving the beard.
F. 135r: a homily the author delivered in Adar [5]491, that is, 1731.
Incomplete (see Hebrew foliation).
Autograph.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: posthorn in crowned shield (e.g. f. 112).Extent: 152 folios (iii+152+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 315 × 190 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pen.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in pencil: f. 9 = fol. כד. Upper outer corner of ff. 1-8 are damaged, thus the Hebrew foliation is not visible.
Collation
Leaves, and sometimes quires are on guards.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains.
Spine title written upside down.
Edges, corners of some leaves are damaged.
Numerous leaves have been conserved (lamination).
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Two letters addressed to Yuzpa Hena are inserted: f. 17: a letter from Jehiel Michael ben Isaac of Kalisch, mentioning Mordekhai Prostitz; fol. 105: a Yiddish letter by Mosheh the scribe.
F. 151: an insert containing a list of books; f. 152: an insert containing a draft of a title-page for his responsa Divre Mordekhai (not printed), mentioned among the titles listed in his Agadat Mordekhai, Amsterdam, 1764.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Homilies on the Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Lib. OR. MS. 12321.'
Accompanying Material
Letters in Yiddish sent to the author from Yehiʾel Mikhal ben Yitzhak of Kalisz and from Mosheh the scribe, are bound to ff. 17 and 105.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1099; 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_12321 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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