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Or 10478
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- 032-003367010
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- Or 10478
- Title:
- Copies of inscriptions on tombstones
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 26 folios (i+26+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10478 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1851-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10478
Copies of inscriptions on tombstones
Contents
A collection of copies of inscriptions on tombstones.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-26vTitle: כתובות ושירים למצבותTitle: Ketovot ṿe-shirim le-matsevotFor deceased who passed away between 5625 and 5638 (from 1864 to 1878), most of them are from Venice.
Mention of Trieste on ff. 10r, 13v, 17v; mention of Venice on ff. 17r.
Includes also poems in honour of various people and events.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 26 folios (i+26+i)Dimensions (leaf): 184 × 122 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew pagination in ink by the scribe. Ff. 9-13: seems to be an insertion: Hebrew pagination restarts. From fol. 14, Hebrew pagination is the continuation from f. 8v.
Collation
4 quires: i8 (ff. 1-8), iifive? ff. 9-13, iii8 (ff. 14-21), iv6-1 (ff. 22-26).
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Smudged ink, especially on f. 10.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Pricking and ruling (in pencil) are visible.
Hand(s)
Hebrew square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Note in pencil on f. 9r: 'Poems by David When(?) Aza[...] 1860-75.'
Binding
Black cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1851-1899 2nd half of the 19th century Italy (Venice?)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 587: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r and 9r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 15 April 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_10478 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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