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Or 10444
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- 032-003375049
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- Or 10444
- Title:
- Hagadah fragments and other texts related to Passover
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 48 folios (i+48+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10444 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Persian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10444
Hagadah fragments and other texts related to Passover
Contents
Hagadah fragments and other texts related to Passover.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 48 folios (i+48+i)Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Persia?Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 778; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 7 March 1930.
I
Contents
Fragments of a Hagadah, commentaries and piyutim for Passover.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian
ff. 1r-14vTitle: הגדה של פסח (קטעים)Title: Hagadah shel Pesaḥ (ḳeṭaʻim)Incipit: בעד ברכה על הגפן ועל פרי הגפןWith commentaries and a Persian translation.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines, no watermark.15Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 112 mm.Dimensions (written): 140 × 75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Restored; original collation is difficult to reconstruct.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Fragile leaves.
Liquid damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 16
Written lines: 16
Pricking is visible.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square script of the 18th century, with punctuation. Relief printing (lithograph?).
Decoration
Simple drawings of quadrupeds in the upper margin of f. 6r.
Simple geometrical ornaments at the beginning of new sections (ff. 8r, 9r).
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Persia?Provenance
II
Contents
Fragments of a Hagadah, commentaries and piyutim for Passover.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian
ff. 15r-25rTitle: הגדה של פסח (קטעים)Title: Hagadah shel Pesaḥ (ḳeṭaʻim)Incipit: בעד ברכה על הגפן ועל פרי הגפןWith commentaries and a Persian translation.
Also includes Isaac Luria’s homiletic commentaries on ḳadesh u-reḥats in Persian, and piyutim for Passover with a Persian translation.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines; watermark: letter M? (f. 22).Extent: 10 folios (ff. 15-24)Dimensions (leaf): 176 × 107 mm.Dimensions (written): 140 × 80 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
A single quire of 10 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Fragile leaves, many have been fixed.
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Exposure to water caused some of the text to be imprinted on the opposite facing pages.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12
Written lines: 12
Pricking is visible.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Persia?Provenance
Black oval stamp on ff. 19r, 24v.
III
Contents
Fragments of a Hagadah, commentaries and piyutim for Passover.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian
ff. 25v-48vTitle: הגדה של פסח (קטעים)Title: Hagadah shel Pesaḥ (ḳeṭaʻim)Incipit: בעד ברכה על הגפן ועל פרי הגפןWith commentaries and a Persian translation.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines, no watermark.Extent: 24 folios (ff. 25-48)Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 110 mm.Dimensions (written): 135/140 × 75/80 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
3 quires of 8 leaves.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Exposure to water caused some of the text to be imprinted on the opposite facing pages.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12
Written lines: 12
Pricking is visible.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century, with punctuation.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Persia?Provenance
Black oval stamp on ff. 19r, 24v.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10444 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Meredith-Owens, G. M.,Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966.(London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), p. 43.Fihrist online catalogue (https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_5188)Funding of Cataloguing
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