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Or 853
- Record Id:
- 032-003376474
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- 032-003376474
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100044188943.0x00000d
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 853
- Title:
- Collection of grammatical writings
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003376474
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 174 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_853 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1300-1499
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 853
Collection of grammatical writings
Contents
Grammatical writings.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-29rTitle: ῾En ha-ḳoreTitle: עין הקוראThe text starts with a preface, followed by an acrostic poem, the initial letters of which form the name 'Zalman ha-Kohen'. Some additional lines are written after the end of ῾En ha-ḳore (probably as an additional note belonging to the following work).
Colophon: תמו ונשלמו הקדמות עין הקורא שבח ותהלה לאל שמים וארץ ואזכה להגות בו אני וגם אחרי בני ובא לציון גואל וירושלם תבנה לעיני ד'ודי ו'רעי ד'גול ב'רכב ר'בותים מ'עמך ש'מע ל'פלל מ'שפתים. f. 28rFiliation: Cf. the contents of Add MS 19776.ff. 29v-75vTitle: Darke ha-niḳud ṿeha-neginotTitle: דרכי הנקוד והנגינותFolios 71v-73v contains a list of biblical passages regarding a specific use of kamats, and a number of biblical verses exemplifying the use of the accents.
ff. 76r-89vTitle: Reshimat ḥaluḳat ha-ḳeriah be-parashyot ha-TorahTitle: רשימת חלוקת הקריאה בפרשיות התורהContains the tables of lessons for the whole year (folios 76r-89r), preceded by a piece on folios 74v-75v, referring to the personal history of Yosef ben Mosheh ben Ya᾿aḳov, the compiler of these tables, who wrote them in memory of his son Shemu᾿el.
ff. 90r-174vTitle: ῾En ha-ḳoreTitle: עין הקוראThe second part of ῾En ha-ḳore, with full masoretic annotations on the Pentateuch, Esther, and Lamentations: Genesis, folio 90r; Exodus, folio 108v; Leviticus, folio 124v; Numbers, folio 140r; Deuteronomy, folio 155r; Esther, folio 168v; Lamentations, folio 172v.
At the end, folio 174r, there are rhymed lines with an acrostic, initial letters of which form the name of the scribe (David).
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th to 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 174 foliosDimensions (leaf): 235 × 167 mm.Dimensions (written): 145 × 90 mm.Foliation:174 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.
Condition
Stained.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layout.
Visible hard-point ruling.
Hair side and flesh side of folios distinguishable.
Titles and inital words in larger square characters.
Running titles.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script, partly vocalised, of the 14th to 15th century.
Additions:Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Jekuthiel Hak-Kohen 'En Hak-Kore. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 853.'
History
Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century SpainProvenance and Acquisition
Yosef Shemu᾿el: inscribed, folio 2r.
Avraham Sarago and Rafa᾿el Delarte(?): inscribed, folio 1v (in a note partly in Spanish).
Avraham ibn Ḥasun and Shabtai Ḥasan: inscribed, folio 172r.
A. Lipschutz: purchased by the British Museum from him on 13 March 1865: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)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_853 (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. 968.Tahan, Ilana, 'Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection', European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe43, No. 2, The State of Ladino Studies I (2010), pp. 134-152, esp. p. 139.Funding of Cataloguing
BL