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Or 2526
- Record Id:
- 032-003375759
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003375759
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100043728830.0x00001d
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2526
- Title:
- Collection of legal Karaite commentaries
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003375759", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 2526: Collection of legal Karaite commentaries" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003375759
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 233 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2526 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Arabic
Hebrew - Start Date:
- 1877
- End Date:
- 1878
- Date Range:
- 1877-1878
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 2526
Collection of legal Karaite commentaries
Contents
A collection of legal Karaite commentaries.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-17rTitle: Sefer mitsṿotContains parts of Maḳalah 9, treating on forbidden degrees in marriage. Contains an index to the 65 sections, of which this Maḳalah consists, and the text of the first 12 sections.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabicff. 17v-58rTitle: Kitab al-anwar wal-maraqibContains parts of Maḳalah 12, i.e. chapters 5-15, 28-42.
The scribal subscription states that this copy was accordingly finished on the 9th Marheshvan 5638 (1877), see folio 58r.
Language(s): Judeo-ArabicFiliation: This part of the volume has been copied from Or 2578, 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. 586., folios 112-160.ff. 58v-165rTitle: Kitab al-anwar wal-maraqibAn abstract of Kitab al-anwar wal-maraqib.
The scribal subscription states that this copy was accordingly finished on the 7th Adar I, 5638 (1878), see folio 165r.
Filiation: This part of the volume has been copied from Or 2525, 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. 588..Language(s): Judeo-Arabicff. 166r-205vTitle: Sefer mitsṿotA duplicate and supplementary leaves belonging to parts 1 and 2 of this volume.
Folios 166-170r correspond to folios 15v, 17r of the present manuscript. Folios 170v-180r correspond to Or 2578, folios 41-55, 114v-116v. Folios 181-205 correspond to Or 2578, folios 128r-140v.
ff. 207r-233vTitle: Kitab al-anwar wal-maraqibA part of the 5th Maḳalah, i.e. chapters 14-17, 19-27.
Language(s): Judeo-ArabicFiliation: This part of the manuscript was copied from o [BL] r 2579, 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. 585., folios 1-18. 20-37.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 233 foliosDimensions (leaf): 190 × 120 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 95 mm.Foliation:233 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).
Collation
Quires of originally 10 leaves each. Folios 207-233 are numbered with Hebrew letters.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12
Written lines: 12
Uniform layout.
Visible mastara/hard-point ruling.
Catchwords on every page.
Hand(s)
A semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine title: 'Karaite Sefer Mitsvoth. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2526.'
History
Origin: 1877-1878Provenance and Acquisition
1882-07-08
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed (folio [235v]).
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_2526 (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. 598.Bibliography
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