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Or 70
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- Or 70
- Title:
- David ben Abraham Maimuni's homiletico-agadic commentary on Deuteronomy
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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:
- 372 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_70 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 70
David ben Abraham Maimuni's homiletico-agadic commentary on Deuteronomy
Contents
Parts of David ben Abraham Maimuni's homiletico-agadic commentary on Deuteronomy.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-372vTitle: Midrash DevarimTitle: מדרש דבריםFiliation: Cf. London, BL, Or 66, Or 67, Or 68, Or 69 (Margoliouth catalogue nos. 371-374).Colophon: נחתם זה הפירוש על שם היקר ונכבד כה"ר אברהם ן' דנאן י"צ יזכהו השם לקרות בו הוא וזרעו וזרע זרעו אמן נצח סלה. ונשלם יום [...] כ"ח מעשיו הגיד לעמו לחדש תשרי שנת אך קרוב ליריאיו ישעו לפ"ק ליצי' פה מצרים. | א' חשון שנ' פו הסעיר יוסף מוצרייצ"ו אכי"ר. | העתקתי אותו מהתורף העקירי תיבה בתיבה מבלי תוספת ומגרעת כלל וסייעני השי"ת. העבד הסופר [...] f. 368vff. 1r-19vTitle: Devarimff. 19v-73vTitle: Midrash Tishʿah be-avLe-tishʿah be-av begins on folio 57v.
ff. 73v-99rTitle: Midrash ḳinot hashbaʿahff. 99r-108vTitle: Ekhahff. 108v-119vTitle: Ani ha-geverff. 119v-130vTitle: Ekhah yoʿam zahavff. 130v-136vTitle: Zekhor Adonai mah hayah lanuff. 136v-155rTitle: Ṿa-etḥananff. 155r-173vTitle: Eḳevff. 173v-195rTitle: Re᾿ehff. 195r-214vTitle: Shofeṭimff. 214v-232vTitle: Ki tetseff. 214v-232vTitle: Ki tetseff. 232v-246rTitle: Ki tavoff. 246r-256rTitle: Netsavimff. 256r-269vTitle: Ṿa-yelekhff. 269v-296rTitle: Le-rosh ha-shanahTa῾ani yom rosh ha-shanah
ff. 296r-305rTitle: Ha᾿azinuff. 305r-320vTitle: Yom Ḳipurff. 320v-330vTitle: Derash Yom Ḳipurff. 330v-339vTitle: Le-ḥag ha-Sukotff. 339v-347vTitle: Le-ḥag ha-Sukotff. 347v-354vTitle: Le-shemini atseretff. 354v-364vTitle: Zot ha-berakhahff. 364v-368vTitle: Peṭirat Mosheh rabenuPhysical Description
Paper codex of 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 372 foliosDimensions (leaf): 195 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 110 mm.Foliation:372 folios (+ 1 modern paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).
Hebrew foliation preserved almost throughout.
Collation
Quires of mostly 9 leaves each.
Condition
Imperfect at the beginning.
Folios missing after f. 304.
Slightly water-damaged.
Last leaves slightly worm-eaten.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 21
Written lines: 21
Catchwords (vertical, inclined) on every verso.
Initial words given in larger characters.
Running title on every recto.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive scripts of 17th century.The main scribe inscribed in the colophon as Yosef Motsri, f. 368v.
ff. 369r-372va different hand.Binding
BM/BL in-house. Black buckram, blind-tooled.
Spine title: 'David ben Abraham. Comm. on Deuteronomy. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 70.'
Accompanying Material
The last six leaves belonged to a different manuscript. Contain midrashic expositions on parashah Ṿa-yelekh and Ha᾿azinu.
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century EgyptProvenance and Acquisition
Mikha᾿el ben Mosheh: inscribed, f. 2r.
Raḥamim ben Shemu᾿el Malki owner: inscribed, f. 369r.
A. C. Reichardt: purchased by the British Library from him on 08 June 1867: 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.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_70 (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. 375.Funding of Cataloguing
BL