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Or 2507

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Or 2507
Title:
Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's commentary on Proverbs
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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:
175 folios
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
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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 2507

Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's commentary on Proverbs

Contents

The commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on the Book of Proverbs.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-175v
Title: Perush Mishle
Title: פרוש משלי
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

The pointed Hebrew text, accompanied by an Arabic translation, is embodied.

Contains chapters: 19:10-15, 19:23-20:8, 20:17-21:13, 21:14-23:19, 23:22-25:2, 25:4-26:6, 26:10-28, 27:4-15, 27:17-30:6, 30:8-16, 30:23-31:11, 31:15-20. 31:26-31 (imperfect at the end).

Of the Hebrew text the following parts are preserved: 19:10-16, 19:23-20:8, 20:18-21:13, 21:15-23:20, 23:23-25:2, 25:6-26:7, 26:11-28, 27:5-15, 27:!8-30:7, 30:10-31:31.

Has a scribal subscription at the beginning.

Masoretic division into section and קרי are marked in the margins.

Filiation: Uniform with Or 2506 (Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 293).

References

[Wechsler_2003] 283-310

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 175 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 174 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

21 quires, originally of 10 leaves each.

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

Condition

Lacunae after folios: 5, 13, 27, 58, 78, 93, 101, 111, 149, 157, 172, 173.

Imperfect at the end.

Many folios stained or water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14

Written lines: 14

The numbers of the chapters have been added by a later hand.

Catchword on every verso.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

ff. 1r-1v
and
ff. 18r-18v
- supplied by a later hand. Also the numbers of the chapters have been added by a later hand.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Commentary on Proverbs. Arabic. Vol. II. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2507.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

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.

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2507 (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. 293.

Bibliography

    [Wechsler_2003] Wechsler, M. G. “The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben `Eli on Proverbs 31:10-31.” In 'Journal of Jewish Studies', 2003.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL