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Or 10061

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Title:
Zakhor le-Avraham by Abraham Alkalai (ḥeleḳ 3)
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
99 folios (vi+99+vii)
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Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
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CE
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Names:
Alkalai, Abraham ben Samuel, c 1750-1811
Alkalai, Abraham ben Samuel, c 1750-1811
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10061

Zakhor le-Avraham by Abraham Alkalai (ḥeleḳ 3)

Contents

An alphabetical digest compiled by Abraham Alkalaʿi of the laws comprised in ʾArbaʿah Ṭurim.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-81v
Author: אלקלעי, אברהם בן שמואל Alkalai, Abraham ben Samuel, 1750?-1811
Title: זכור לאברהם (חלק ג)
Title: Zakhor le-Avraham (ḥeleḳ 3)

Halakhot and rulings regarding Oraḥ Ḥayim (ff. 1-29) and Yoreh Deʿah (ff. 30-81), arranged alphabetically - Oraḥ Ḥayim from the end of the letter א and Yoreh Deʿah until the beginning of the letter ק.

Numerous leaves in Yore De’ah were bound out of order.

Note on f. 1v: הספר הזו ... זכור לאברהם ח"ג ממהר"ר אברהם אלקלעי ז"ל חיים ....

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: unidentified quadruped (e.g. ff. 44, 93, 94, 95).
Extent: 99 folios (vi+99+vii)
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

F. 71 is upside down (rebound incorrectly?).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves.

Catchwords on the majority of the pages.

Condition

Water damage, usage stains, slight worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Number of lines varies.

Running title.

Hand(s)

Oriental cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Ff. 82r-99v: calculations in Ladino, mentioning communities and names, among them Ḳushṭa.

Note in pencil on f. 8r.

Binding

Post-1600 binding: textile spine and marble paper covers.

Spine: 'Zēkhor le-Abraham. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10,061.'

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 122; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924;

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10061 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Tahan, Ilana, 'Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection', European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe 43, No. 2, The State of Ladino Studies I (2010), pp. 134-152, esp. p. 142.

Funding of Cataloguing

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