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Or 12251
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- Nathan Hannover's Shaʿare Tsiyon
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- Extent:
- 24 folios (iii+24+i)
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- Start Date:
- 1779
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- 1779
- Date Range:
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Or 12251
Nathan Hannover's Shaʿare Tsiyon
Contents
A kabbalistic work with liturgical poems at the end.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-20vTitle: שערי ציוןTitle: Shaʿare TsiyonChapters 1 and 2, with additional poems, prayers and readings (ff. 19r-21v).
ff. 21r-24vTitle: סדר פזמונים של שבתTitle: Seder pizmonim shel ShabatEight liturgical poems for Sabbath.
The name of the owner, who was also probably the scribe is given as Yitsḥaḳ ben Saʿadia Tibon, dated 5539 (f. 1v).
Colophon: לעולם יכתוב אדם שמו על ספרו שלא יבא אחד נן השוק ויאמר שלי הוא על כן כתבתי על ספרי הבחור יצחק תבון יצ"ו בכ"ר סעדיא תבון נ"ע ... שנת התקלפ"ו לפ"ק ליצירה f. 24vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark on f. 6 (too fragmentary to identify).Extent: 24 folios (iii+24+i)Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 158 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Previously incorrectly bound: fol. 24 used to be fol. 1.
Collation
A single quire of 26 leaves (including the inner most front and back flyleaves). The quire is on guard.
Catchword on almost every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Large liquid stain on ff. 14v-15r.
Leaves have been laminated.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew semi-cursive and cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
BL in-house.
Spine: 'Sēdher shaʿārb Ṣiyyōn, etc. Hebrew. Brit. Lib. Oriental MS. 12251.'
History
Origin: 1779Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 743: inscribed with his name on ff. 23v and 24r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 December 1929.
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_12251 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
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