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Title:
Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Commentary on the Minor Prophets (books 1-4)
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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:
116 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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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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Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Commentary on the Minor Prophets (books 1-4)

Contents

The commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on the Minor Prophets (books 1-4)

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1v-116v
Title: Perush nevi᾿im aḥaronim
Title: פרוש נביאים אחרונים
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

The unpointed Hebrew text, given in red ink, is embodied, with an Arabic translation and Yefet's commentary.

The commentary starts with a short introduction.

Colophon: תם ספר עבדיה ע"ה ויתלוה ספר יונה ע"ה והו אלספר אלכאמס. f. 116v
Incipit: אלגזו אלאול מן שרח ספר תרי עשר מן כלאם אלשיך אלפאצל החכם הנבון מר' ורב' יפת הלוי המכונה באבו עלי הבצרי ת'נ'צ'ב'ה' אנס. f. 1v
ff. 1v-63v
Title: Hosea
ff. 63v-79v
Title: Joel
ff. 79v-110v
Title: Amos
ff. 110v-116v
Title: Obadiah

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 116 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 192 × 131 mm.
Foliation:

116 folios (+ 1 paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Folios numbered in Hebrew letters.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

The Hebrew text is given in red ink.

Visible ruling with a hard-point.

Catchwords on every recto and verso.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 19th century.

f. 79v - written by a different hand than the rest of the manuscript.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Yefet. Comm. on the Minor Prophets. Vol. 1. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2400.'

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

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.

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_2400 (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. 287.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL