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Or 5472
- Record Id:
- 032-003376335
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100044107653.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 5472
- Title:
- Poem for Purim
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003376335
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5472 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Modern
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 5472
Poem for Purim
Contents
A poem for Purim composed in a dialect of modern Greek, written in the Hebrew characters.
Language(s): Greek
ff. 1r-4vTitle: PiyuṭTitle: פיוטPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 4 foliosDimensions (leaf): 175 × 115 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 105 mm.Foliation:4 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 19 at the end).
Collation
A single quire.
Condition
Stained.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 23 28
Written lines: 23 28
Uniform layout.
Catchwords on every verso.
Hand(s)
Sefardi (Greek?) square script, partly punctuated, of the 17th century.
Additions:Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Poem for Purim. Greek in Hebrew Characters. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Or. 5472.'
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Ottoman Empire (Greece)Provenance and Acquisition
Isaac Solomon Mazza: his name inscribed in Greek characters: folio 4r.
1898-12-13
S. Raffalovich: purchased from him on 13 December 1898: inscribed, folio [19v].
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_5472 (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. 690.Funding of Cataloguing
BL