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Or 11654
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- Or 11654
- Title:
- Midrash ha-gadol (Ba-midbar)
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 115 folios (ii+115+ii)
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- Languages:
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- Start Date:
- 1655
- End Date:
- 1655
- Date Range:
- 1655
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 11654
Midrash ha-gadol (Ba-midbar)
Contents
Midrash ha-gadol on the Book of Numbers.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-115vTitle: מדרש הגדול (במדבר)Title: Midrash ha-gadol (Ba-midbar)In the margins are brief commentaries from Sefer ha-Margalit.
Ff. 1-3 and 114-115 seem to be written by a different hand (colophon on f. 115v!).
Colophon: נשלם בסיוע האל האחא אלמדרש יום שלישי דהוא כ"ו יומין לחדש טבת שנת אתתקט"ו לשטרות דהיא שנת התט"ו ליצירה ... f. 115vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Oriental paper, with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. f. 83).Extent: 115 folios (ii+115+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 210 mm.Dimensions (written): 240 × 160 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe.
Collation
5 quires of 10 leaves: i-v10.
Singatures in Hebrew characters and/or graphic marks (two dots) at the end of most of the quires (Except quire ii: signature on f. 11v). Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion.
Most of the leaves are fixed; a few leaves are lined with silk gauze (e.g. ff. 82, 91, 111-113).
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Running title (parashiyot).
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Yemenite square script of the 17th century.
Ff. 2-3 and 114-115 were supplemented by another hand.
Binding
BM in-house; half-bound.
Spine: 'Midrāsh Hag-Gādhōl on Numbers. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,654.'
History
Origin: 1655 Yemen(?)Provenance and Acquisition
'Purchased from Messrs Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 12 April 1938': inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v. The Ltd was founded by the German-born bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899). Date of accession 18 May 1938.
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_11654 (digital images currently unavailable)
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