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Or 2508

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Or 2508
Title:
Karaite commentary on Proverbs
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
80 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2508 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
Era:
CE
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2508

Karaite commentary on Proverbs

Contents

A Judeo-Arabic commentary on the book of Proverbs.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-80v
Title: Commentary on Proverbs

Contains Exodus 13:17-15:1, 15:22-17:7, 18:1-21:36, 22:4-30:21, 30:33-32:29, 33:12-34:26. Pointed and accentuated Hebrew text, with a translation and short commentary in (Judeo-)Arabic.

An anonymous Arabic commentary on Proverbs, chapters 7:20-21:6.

Of the Hebrew text only the opening words are given.

The Hebrew text is arranged as follows: Prov. 8:1-21; 22-36; 9:1-12; 13:18; 10:1-25; 10:26-11:18; 11:19-12:12; 12:13-13:9; 13:10-14:9; 14:10-34; 14:35-15:24, 15:25-16:17; 16:18-17:9; 17:10-18:9; 18:10-19:11; 19:12-20:7; 20:8-21:3; 21:4-30.

An Arabic translation is added to each verse.

Filiation: Partially agrees with [BL] Or 2567 (Margoliouth, no. 337).

Physical Description

Paper codex of approximately 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 80 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 168 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

11 quires, nos. 5-15: nos. 6-11 have 8 leaves each and nos. 12-14 have 10 leaves each. Nos. 5 and 15 are imperfect.

Signatures in Hebrew letters on the upper (inner) margin of the first page.

Condition

Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23 25

Written lines: 23 25

Uniform layout.

Visible mastara ruling.

Hand(s)

Oriental square script of approximately 14th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Comm. on Proverbs. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2508.'

History

Origin: 1300-1399 14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a 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_2508 (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. 338.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark

Funding of Cataloguing

BL