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Add MS 27297
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- Add MS 27297
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- Collection of halakhic works
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- 152 folios
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- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 27297
Collection of halakhic works
Contents
A collection of halakhic works by various authors.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1v-129rTitle: Sefer Or zaruʻa be-kitsurTitle: ספר אור זרוע בקיצורAn abridgment of Sefer Or zaruʻa of Isaac ben Moses of Vienna, by his son Ḥayim.
This recension differs in many instances from the printed editions.
f. 128r a drawing of a hybrid creature, in pen and ink.
ff. 129r-138vTitle: TashbetsTitle: תשב"ץFiliation: Cf. also [BL] Add MS 18424George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 538. and 18685 George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 513..The index, between folios 129r-130r, contains 497 positions. The paragraphs within the text are in almost entire disagreement with this enumeration.
Liḳute ha-Ram begin on folio 137v.
The elements which are absent from this recension of the text in comparison to the printed editions are provided in the marginal notes.
ff. 138v-152vTitle: PerushimTitle: פירושיםComments on the passages of Bava metsi῾a, Bava ḳama, Giṭin and Sanhedrin.
Contains a number of responses of and others, on the same subjects.
Imperfect at the end.
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentExtent: 152 foliosDimensions (leaf): 330 × 250 mm.Dimensions (written): 240/260 × 170/200 mm.Foliation:152 folios (+ 3 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Collation
19 quires of 8 leaves each, marked by catchwords at the end.
Condition
First and last leaves slightly damaged.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 36 63
Written lines: 35 62
Visible pricking and plummet ruling.
Hair-side and flesh-side of the folios indistinguishable.
Last line written within ruling.
Chapter initials given in larger characters.
Catchwords in pen and ink designs (e.g. 112v, 120v).
Ornamented tails of letters in the last line of text.
Preserves original Hebrew foliation in the upper left-hand corner of each recto, beginning with 352 and finishing with 502 (which must have been extended over a large number of volumes). The first 128 folios bear also numbers 1-128 in the middle of the upper margin.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi semi-cursive script of the 14th century.
ff. 1r-128vandff. 129r-152vdue to two different but contemporary hands.Additions:A strip of vellum of Tefilin shel rosh with the inscribed text of Ex. 13:1-10, pasted on folio [153].
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine title: 'Abridgement of the Or Zarua. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,297.'
History
Origin: 1300-1399 14th century Germany?Provenance and Acquisition
Zeraḥ ben Shemu'el Kats of Padua: inscribed with a date 5404 (1644), folio f. 124v .
1866-04-14
Samuel Schönblum: purchased from him by the British Museum on 14 April 1866: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27297 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 532.Bibliography
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