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Or 2381

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Or 2381
Title:
Midrash ha-ḥefets by Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe
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Extent:
238 folios
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Languages:
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1532
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1532
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1532
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Seleucid
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Saliman ibn Yaḥya Alḥarizi
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
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Or 2381

Midrash ha-ḥefets by Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe

Contents

Summary of Contents: Midrash ha-ḥefets, a philosophical midrash on the Pentateuch by Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe, aka Yaḥya ben Saliman.

Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic

ff. 1r-238v
Title: Midrash ha-ḥefets
Title: מדרש החפץ
Author: Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe, active 15th century זכריה בן שלמה, הרופא
Filiation: Cf. [BL] Or 2351 (Margoliouth, no. 363), [BL] Or 2380 (Margoliouth, no. 364), and [BL] Or 2382 (Margoliouth, no. 365).
Colophon: נגמר זה החומש חמישי בשבא דהוא תלת סר יומין בירח תשרי שנת אלפא ותמני מאה וארבעין וארבע שנין לשטרי במאתא עמראן תחרוב ותצדי וירושלם תתבני ותחדי בחיינו ובימינו כן יאמר רחום: יהא סימן טב על מריה סלימאן אבן יחיא אלחריזי יזכה למהגי ביה הוא וזרעיה וזרע זרעיה כדכתיב לא ימוש ספר התורה הזה מפיך והגית בו יומם ולילה כי אז תצליח את דרכיך ואז תשכיל. ויזכה הכותב לחזות בנועם יוי ולבקר בהיכלו ר'ז'ל' ש'ג'ש' מ'ה'ס'ד' צ'כ'פ'ס' אכי"ר: f. 141v

Short poems are prefixed to some of the pericopes.

The manuscript starts with an introduction and finishes in the parashah Ṿa-yaḳhel.

References

[Midrash-Hefets_1990]

Physical Description

Paper codex of 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 238 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 220 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

238 folios (+ 2 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation

Quires of 10 leaves each.

Condition

Defective at the beginning and at the end.

Leaves missing after folios: 178, 189, 190, 208, 216, 227, 236.

Several leaves more or less damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26 34

Written lines: 26 34

Some catchwords preserved.

Beginnings of chapters nad sections written in larger characters.

Frequently elongated last letter in a line to fill the space.

Hand(s)

Two Yemenite semi-cursive scriptd of 16th century.

ff. 187r-238v
due to a different Yemenite hand.

Additions:

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine title: 'Midrash ha-Chafets. Hebrew & Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2381.'

History

Origin: 1532 Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Saliman ibn Yaḥya Alḥarizi: inscribed, folio 141v.

Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), an antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Library from him on 23 July 1881: inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.

1881-07-23

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2381 (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. 366.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark
    [Midrash-Hefets_1990] הרופא, המאה ה־15 זכריה בן שלמה, and active 15th century Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe. 'Midrash Ha-Ḥefets : ʿal Ḥamishah Ḥumshe Torah / Ḥibro Rabi Zekharyah Ben Shelomoh Ha-Rofe ; Hehdir Ṿe-Tirgem Meʾir Ḥavatselet.'[מהד׳ מתוקנת].; [Mahad. metuḳenet]. ירושלים: מוסד הרב קוק-1992, Yerushalayim, 1990.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL