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Or 5402

Record Id:
032-003375770
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Or 5402
Title:
Midrash Ester
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
59 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5402 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1660
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1660-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
S. Raffalovich
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 5402

Midrash Ester

Contents

Midrash on the book of Esther.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-59v
Title: Midrash Ester
Title: מדרש אסתר
Filiation: The same content as in Or 2416, 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. 224., folios 106-137 and Or 4843, 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. 344..
Explicit: נשלמה מגילת אסתר בעזרת האל אשר נתפללו אבותינו אליו ויעתר ואת אויבינו כלה ויבתר: שלים ולא שלימו רחמי שמיא א'ג'ס'ל' נ'ז'ה' ש'כ'ט': f. 59r

Occasional marginal notes with explanations of difficult words appearing in the text.

Colophon: אני הקל והצעיר זכריא בירב סעדיא וכ'ט ידי שאהד עליי ושלום ישלו י'ש'ל': f. 59r

Physical Description

Paper codex of late 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 59 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 153 × 100 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

10 quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Catchwords on every verso.

Condition

Some folios slightly damaged, restored (stuck on paper).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21 32

Written lines: 21 32

Has many marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive script of alte 17th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Midrash on Esther. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 5402.'

History

Origin: 1660-1699 Late 17th century Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

S. Raffalovich: bought from him by the British Museum on 12 July 1898: 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_5402 (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. 345.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL