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Or 11646
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- Or 11646
- Title:
- Nur al-zalam by Natanel ben Yeshaiah
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 303 folios (iv+303+iii)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Arabic
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- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1400-1599
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- CE
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Or 11646
Nur al-zalam by Natanel ben Yeshaiah
Contents
Nur al-zalam by Natanel ben Yeshaiah.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-303vTitle: נור אלצ’לאםTitle: Nur al-zalamMidrashic commentary on the Pentateuch.
The beginning of Parashat Bereshit and the end of Deuteronomy (from the middle of Parashat Re’eh) are missing.
Ff. 24, 34-35, 142-143, 194, 201-202, 226, 234, 236-237, 239, 248, 279 added later, at the beginning of the 19th century to complete the missing parts of the text. They were added most probably by Ḥayim ibn Yaḥya ibn Salam el-Aziri (his seal impression on some of these leaves see provenance).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th-16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Oriental paperExtent: 303 folios (iv+303+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 272 × 205 mm.Dimensions (written): 200 × 140 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Numerous leaves are on guards.
Originally quires of 10 leaves (see signatures).
Many of the signatures are still visible: Hebrew numerals at the end of the quires in the lower left corner; Hebrew and Eastern Arabic numerals in the upper margin at the beginning of the quires. See e.g.: ff. 13v (end of quire 2), 14r, 43v, 44r, 53v, 54r, 63v, 64r, 73v, 74r, 83v, 84r, 93v, 94r, 103v, 104r, 113v, 114r, 123v, 124r, 133v, 144r, 153v, 154r, 163v, 164r, 173v, 174r, 183v, 184r, 193v, 203v, 213v, 214r, 223v, 224r, 259v, 260r,
Catchwords on some of the verso sides.
Ff. 231- are not in order.
Condition
Numerous leaves have been fixed.
Water damage, mould, usage stains.
Large stain on f. 171v.
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 22
Written lines: 22
Uniform layout.
Several marginal notes.
Ff. 114r, 164r: text in two columns.
Hand(s)
Yemenite script of the 15th-16th century.
Decoration
Diagrams, e.g.: ff. 15r, 21r, 48r, 106v, 120r, 133v, 134r, 135r, 150v etc.
Additions:Ff. 231-50, 267-278, 280-284, 287-289, 291-: from a different manuscript: different hand, smaller letters, number of written lines 25. Section headings higlighted in colours (ff. 240r, 270r), often surrounded with very simple floral or geometrical decorations (f. 231v, 235r, 242r, 243v, 278r, 292v, 297v).
Ff. 302-302 from a different MS (different hand, number of written lines: 25).
Supplements to various matters discussed in the composition and to other matters as well (secret of the blessings, tefilin, mezuzah etc.) were added to the margins of leaves 231r-303v.
Ff. 302r-303v: an excerpt from Midrash ha-Gadol on Genesis.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Nūr Al-ẓulm. bNethanel ben Isaiah. Jud.-Arab. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,646.'
History
Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century Yemen?Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf (iii)r: "חיים ן’ יחיא ן’ סאלם אלעזירי". His seal impressions dated 1222 AH (1807/1808 CE) on front flyleaf (iv)r, ff. 142r, 201r
'Purchased of Rabbi Moses Wertheimer 22 Nov. 1938' (back flyleaf (iii)r). Date of acqusition 14 January 1939 (date in MS is mistakenly given as [19]38): inscribed on back flyleaf (i)r.
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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