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Or 2466

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Or 2466
Title:
Japhet ben Ali ha-Levi's Perush Shemot
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
120 folios
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
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CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Yeshu῾ah Rofe᾿ ben Mordekhai Rofe᾿
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2466

Japhet ben Ali ha-Levi's Perush Shemot

Contents

A fragment of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali on Exodus 18-20.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-120v
Title: Perush Shemot
Title: פרוש שמות
Title: The commentary on Exodus

An Arabic translation of the Hebrew text of Ex. 18:1-20:12 and 20:16-22 is embodied, each verse being followed by an Arabic translation.

Chapters 18:1-20:7 are pointed and accentuated, the rest is unpointed.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Paper codex of approximately 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 120 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 183 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

120 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end)

Collation

13 quires (1-11 and 13-14) of mostly 10 leaves each.

Quires signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic numerals on the upper margin of the first page, and with Hebrew letters on the lower margin of the last page.

Condition

There are lacunae after folios 2, 34, 44, 103 and 117.

Defective at the end.

Several folios have been water-damaged and stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14 15

Written lines: 14 15

Visible ruling with a mastara.

Catchword on every verso.

Hand(s)

Semi-cursive script of approximately 15th century.

ff. 84r-120v
due to a different hand, same as in 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. 267., 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. 256. and 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. 259. part I.

Additions:

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet Com. on Exodus. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2466.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Yeshu῾ah Rofe᾿ ben Mordekhai Rofe᾿: inscribed, folio 1r.

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Library from him on 08 July 1882: 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.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2466 (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. 263.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL