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Or 10433

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Or 10433
Title:
Muḳadimat by Samuel ben Moses (fragments)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
36 folios (ii+36+ii)
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Languages:
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Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
al-Maghribi, Samuel ben Moses, 1400-1499
al-Maghribi, Samuel ben Moses, 1400-1499
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Or 10433

Muḳadimat by Samuel ben Moses (fragments)

Contents

Fragments of Samuel ben Moses' Muḳadimat.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1v-36v
Author: Samuel ben Moses, al-Maghribī, active 15th century שמואל בן משה, המערבי
Title: אלמקדמאת (לקוטים)
Title: Al-Muḳadimat (ḳetaʿim)

Introductions to the weekly parashiyot of the Pentateuch. Karaite work.

In Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew.

Cf. London, BL Or 2485, Or 2483.

Colophon: "וכתב הע' הצ' עזיאל בן ישועה נ"ע"

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 14th-15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various sorts of paper leaves, all with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 36 folios (ii+36+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 172/137 × 115/97 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on some versos.

Condition

Water damage, usage stains, worm damage.

Some leaves are fixed (e.g. ff. 2, 36).

Layout

Columns:1

Not uniform layout, put together from various fragments.

Hand(s)

Oriental square scripts of the 14th-15th century.

Additions:

F. 3r: calculation, with Eastern Arabic numerals, in pencil.

Binding

Post-1600. White cloth binding.

History

Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1325; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 January 1932.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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