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Or 4840

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Or 4840
Title:
Midrash ha-ḥefets by Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe
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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:
214 folios
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
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Arabic
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Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
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CE
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Names:
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
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Or 4840

Midrash ha-ḥefets by Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe

Contents

Summary of Contents: Midrash ha-ḥefets, a philosophical midrash on the Pentateuch by Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe, aka Yaḥya ben Saliman.

Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic

ff. 1r-214v
Title: Midrash ha-ḥefets
Title: מדרש החפץ
Author: Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe, active 15th century זכריה בן שלמה, הרופא
Filiation: Cf [BL] Or 2351 (Margoliouth, no. 363), [BL] Or 2380 (Margoliouth, no. 364), [BL] Or 2382 (Margoliouth, no. 365), and [BL] Or 2381 (Margoliouth, no. 366).

Arabic words are sometimes provided with Hebrew punctuation, showing a pecular pronunciation.

References

[Midrash-Hefets_1990]

Physical Description

Paper codex of 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 214 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 205 × 150 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Signatures in Arabic letters at the beginning and at the end of quires, partly preserved.

Condition

Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.

Several folios more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 22 24

Written lines: 22 24

Occasional marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Two Yemenite semi-cursive scripts of 17th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Midrash ha-Hefets. Hebrew-Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 4840.'

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Morris, Heller & Weiss: purchased by the British Library on 14 November 1894: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

1881-05-28

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_4840 (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. 367.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark
    [Midrash-Hefets_1990] הרופא, המאה ה־15 זכריה בן שלמה, and active 15th century Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe. 'Midrash Ha-Ḥefets : ʿal Ḥamishah Ḥumshe Torah / Ḥibro Rabi Zekharyah Ben Shelomoh Ha-Rofe ; Hehdir Ṿe-Tirgem Meʾir Ḥavatselet.'[מהד׳ מתוקנת].; [Mahad. metuḳenet]. ירושלים: מוסד הרב קוק-1992, Yerushalayim, 1990.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL