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Or 2472

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Title:
Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Perush Va-yiḳra
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Extent:
155 folios
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1567
End Date:
1567
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1567
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CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2472

Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Perush Va-yiḳra

Contents

A fragment of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on Leviticus (5:15-15:33, and 25).

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-155v
Title: פרוש ויקרא
Title: Perush Va-yiḳra
Title: The commentary on Leviticus

Of the Hebrew biblical text only the opening words of each verse are given, and no translation is added.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Filiation: Written by the scribe of [BL] Or 2468 (Margoliouth, no. 264), part II.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 155 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 219 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Some quires are marked with Hebrew letters on the right-hand upper corner of the first page.

Condition

Lacunae after folios: 10, 29, 37, 57, 92, 124 and 147.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 24

Written lines: 24

One column of text a page, each having 24 lines.

The unpointed Hebrew text is embodied.

Catchword on every verso.

Hand(s)

Semi-cursive script of 15th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Com. on Leviticus. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2472.'

History

Origin: 1567

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

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_2472 (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. 266.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark

Funding of Cataloguing

BL