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Or 10311
- Record Id:
- 032-003372068
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003372068
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042321600.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10311
- Title:
- An Hebrew and English Pocket Lexicon
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003372068", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10311: An Hebrew and English Pocket Lexicon" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003372068
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003372068
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 63 folios (i+63+iii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10311 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Hebrew - Scripts:
- Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Parkhurst, John, biblical lexicographer, 1728-1797
Parkhurst, John, biblical lexicographer, 1728-1797 - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10311
An Hebrew and English Pocket Lexicon
Contents
An Hebrew and English Pocket Lexicon.
Language(s): Hebrew, English
ff. 1r-63vTitle: מלון עברי-אנגליTitle: Milon ʻIvri-AngliAn Hebrew and English Pocket Lexicon, to which is added an Abridgement of the Hebrew Grammar, Transcribed from Mr. Parkhurst, G.B. 1800 (ff. 56v-63v).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: Britannia (e.g. f. 59).Extent: 63 folios (i+63+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 152 × 95 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; from left to right.
Collation
Quires of mostly 10-12 leaves.
No catchwords.
Condition
A bifolium (ff. 31-32) is loose.
Usage stains.
Spine is cracked.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Uniform layout.
In the dictionary: Hebrew words on the left side in Hebrew square script followed by the English translation in Latin cursive script.
Hand(s)
Hebrew square script and English (Latin) cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Post-1600. Brown leather binding, blind-tooled; marble paper pastedowns. Boxed.
Spine: 'Hebr. Engl. Dict. 1255.'
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1255; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10311 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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