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Or 11653

Record Id:
032-003376734
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11653
Title:
Midrash ha-gadol (Leviticus)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
211 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Adani, David ben Amram, 1200-1399
Adani, David ben Amram, 1200-1399
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
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Or 11653

Midrash ha-gadol (Leviticus)

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-221v
Author: העדני, דוד בן עמרם Adani, David ben Amram, active 13th century-14th century
Title: מדרש הגדול (ויקרא)
Title: Midrash ha-gadol (Ṿa-yiḳra)

With several short commentaries in the margins.

Incomplete at the beginning and end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; unidentified watermark (e.g. f. 46: shamrock between letters?)
Extent: 211 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written): 235/250 × 140/150 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage.

Numerous leaves have been fixed.

The script is blurred in places, smudged ink.

Slight iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:1

Number of lines varies: 29-33.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 17th century.

Additions:

Doodles in the margin (ff. 28v-29r)

Binding

BM in-house binding, half-bound.

Spine: 'Midrāsh hag-Gādhōl on Leviticus. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,653.

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Yemen?

Provenance and Acquisition

'Purchased from Messrs Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 12 April 1938': inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v. The Ltd was founded by the German-born bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899). Date of accession 18 May 1938.

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

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