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Or 2501

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Or 2501
Title:
Japheth ben Ali's commentary on Isaiah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
251 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Shemu᾿el ben Yehudah
Yosef Kohen ben Avraham [...] ben Yosef Kohen
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2501

Japheth ben Ali's commentary on Isaiah

Contents

The second part of the commentary of Japheth ben Ali on the book of Isaiah.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-251v
Title: Perush Yesha῾yahu
Title: פרוש ישעיהו

Contains the pointed Hebrew biblical text of Isaiah 27:13-44:5, accompanied by an Arabic translation and a commentary.

A number of masoretic notes, some of them added by a later hand.

The diacritic points are generally added.

The beginning and end of the hafṭarot are marked in the margins.

Author: Japheth ben Ali יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Physical Description

Paper codex of approximately 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 251 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 143 mm.
Dimensions (written): 148 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

26 quires of 10 leaves each, with exception of the 1st and 10th which have 8 leaves each, and the 2nd and 26th which have 9 and 6 leaves respectively.

Quires signed with Hebrew letters and Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page.

Condition

Several of the extant folios have been more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17

Written lines: 17

Masoretic notes in the margins.

Hand(s)

Semi-cursive script of approximately 16th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Commentary on Isaiah. Arabic. Vol. II. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2501.'

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Yosef Kohen ben Avraham [...] ben Yosef Kohen and Shemu᾿el ben Yehudah: inscribed, folio 1r.

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_2501 (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. 280.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL