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Or 2745

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Or 2745
Title:
Judeo-Arabic commentary on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
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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:
120 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2745 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Mosheh ben Yosef Albelidah
Nicolas Mavrocordato
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Or 2745

Judeo-Arabic commentary on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah

Contents

Summary of Contents: Portions of the Judeo-Arabic commentary on the books I-V of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, in the form of questions and answers.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-120v
Title: Perush Mishneh Torah
Title: פירוש משנה תורה
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון, 1138-1204

A large fragment of the same, or similar, commentary on the other books of the Mishneh Torah is contained in folios 175v-228r of [BL] Or 2746, probably compiled by Mosheh ben Yosef Albelidah.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 120 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 190 mm.
Dimensions (written): 200 × 130 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quires of 10 leaves each, signed with Hebrew letters at the end, and also marked with catchwords.

Only the quires no. 3-5, 7-8, and 10 are complete.

Condition

Lacunae after folios 2, 54, 80, 96, 101, 106, 114. Missing portions at the beginning and at the end.

Only a part of folio 57 is preserved.

Several leaves damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Uniform layout. Ruled with mastara.

Some marginal notes.

Chapter titles and chapter numbers given in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine title: 'Comm. on Mishneh Thorah. Book XI. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2745.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Nicolas Mavrocordato: purchased by the British Museum from him on 4 March 1884: 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_2745 (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. 500.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark

Funding of Cataloguing

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