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Or 2399

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032-003376859
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Or 2399
Title:
Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi 's Commentary on Leviticus
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
179 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2399 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Aharon ben Nezer ben Ezra᾿ ben Mosheh
Melekh Al-avad Al-aziz ibn Firūz
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2399

Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi 's Commentary on Leviticus

Contents

A fragment of Judeo-Arabic commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on Leviticus (21-24).

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-179v
Title: Perush Ṿa-yiḳra
Title: פרוש ויקרא

The unpointed Hebrew text, accompanied by an Arabic translation, is embodied.

Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי
Filiation: Written by the same scribe as [BL] Or 2461 (Margoliouth no. 256), [BL] Or 2465 (Margoliouth, no. 259) part I, and [BL] Or 2466 (Margoliouth, no. 263), part II.
Colophon: כתבתי זה הפרוש ביד יוי אלהי הטובה עלי אני העבד הצעיר ... אהרן בן ... מרי ורבי ונזרי וכתרי ועטרת ראשי עזרא... בן כ'ג'ק' מרי ורבי ... הנכבד משה ... הנודעים בבני כאתב אלערב נוחם עדן אמן. f. 179r

Physical Description

Paper codex of 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 179 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 128 mm.
Dimensions (written): 125 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

18 quires of 10 leaves each (except the first which has 9 leaves and the last which has 11 leaves).

Condition

Lacuna after folios: 18.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14

Written lines: 14

Uniform layout.

The unpointed Hebrew text is embodied.

Folio 1r is a title page.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of 15th century.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600. Black buckram. Gold-tooled spine.

Spine: 'Yefet. Commentary on Leviticus. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2399.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Aharon ben Nezer ben Ezra᾿ ben Mosheh: inscribed, folio 179r.

Melekh Al-avad Al-aziz ibn Firūz: inscribed, folio 178v-179r.

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_2399 (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. 267.

Bibliography

    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark

Funding of Cataloguing

BL