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Or 2553

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Or 2553
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:
132 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2553 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
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Arabic
Hebrew
Start Date:
1000
End Date:
1099
Date Range:
1000-1099
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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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 2553

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, Arabic

ff. 1r-132v
Title: Perush Mishle
Title: פרוש משלי
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

Contains the Hebrew biblical text, written in Arabic characters and provided with vowel-points and accents in red ink, and accompanied by Yefet's Arabic translation and commentary.

Comments on chapters: 2:1-3:5, 3:13-18, 22-32, 4:1-19, 23-27, 7:1-8:9, 8:32-9:5, 10:1-4, 8-20, 25-28, 11:5-7, 12-26, 12:5-13:7, 13:11-14:16, 14:24-15:22, 16:3-5, 12-26, 27-31, 17:5-6, 15-16, 24-26, 18:2-19:3, 19:7-15, 20-29, 20:12-28, 21:8-21, 22:5-24:14, 27:8-20, 29:11-23, 31:1-29.

References

[Wechsler_2003] 283-310

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 11th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 132 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 130/135 mm.
Foliation:

132 folios (+ 1 paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).

Collation

Originally quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten.

Many leaves partially damaged.

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14 15

Written lines: 14 15

The Hebrew text in Arabic characters is embodied.

The Hebrew accentuation and punctuation is given in red ink.

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of the 11th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Proverbs. Yefet's Commentary. Hebrew & Arabic. Oriental 2553.'

History

Origin: 1000-1099 11th century Egypt (Cairo)?

Provenance and Acquisition

1882-07-08

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_2553 (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. 294.

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