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Or 2402

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Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Commentary on the Proverbs
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190 folios
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1867
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Names:
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Mosheh ben Avraham ha-Leṿi
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
ha-Levi, Japheth ben Ali, 0900-0999
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Or 2402

Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi's Commentary on the Proverbs

Contents

The commentary of Japheth ben Ali ha-Levi on the book of Proverbs.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-120v
Title: Perush Mishle
Title: פרוש משלי
Author: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi,‏ active 10th century יפת בן עלי, הלוי

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

Colophon: כמל שרח ספר משלי שלמה באלתמאם ואלכמאל וכאן אלפראג מן נקלה פי יום אלגמאה אלמבארך אך טוב וחסד ירדפוני ל ח' טבת [...] שנת ת'ר'כ'ז ' [...] לפ"ק פה בעיר מצרים יע"א על ידי הכותב והסופר הצ' [...] מתושבי ציון [...] משה הלוי יר"ו המתחזן פה בקהל מצרים היו בלאאו"ר [...] אברהם הלוי [...] הרופא המובהק [...] בלאאו"ר [...] משה הלוי [...] בלאאו"ר [...] שמואל הלוי [...] והוא היה מתושבי עיר דמשק יע"א ואח"כ בא הוא ובניו וכל משפחתו ונתישב בארץ הקדושה בירושתו זצ"ל בלאאו"ר אברהם הלוי [...] בלאאו"ר אליהו הלוי [...] מתושבי דמשק יע"א הקב"ה יזכני להגות בו וגם יזכני להעתיק עוד ספרים ויצילני מצרתי וישיבני אל ארצי ואל מולדתי עיר הק' ירושת"ו וכו' f. 187r

References

[Wechsler_2003] 283-310

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 190 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 187 × 127 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 97 mm.
Foliation:

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

Folios 2-186 are numbered with Hebrew letters and Arabic numerals.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

One column of written text, of 21 lines each, a page.

Has a separate title-page.

Has a running title throughout the manuscript.

Catchwords on every folio.

Hand(s)

Square and semi-cursive script of the 19th century. Mosheh ben Avraham ha-Leṿi, inscribed in the colophon, folio f. 187r .

Additions:

There is a rhymed epigram concerning the doctrine of Islam on f. 190v .

Binding

Post-1600, red leather bridge and marbled-paper covers.

Spine: 'Yefet. Comm. on Proverbs. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2402.'

History

Origin: 1867 Egypt (Cairo)

Provenance and Acquisition

A list of Karaite doctors inscribed in a note f. 188r-190r , see [Margoliouth_1897] .

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 (i)v.

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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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. 292.

Bibliography

    [Wechsler_2003] Wechsler, M. G. “The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben `Eli on Proverbs 31:10-31.” In 'Journal of Jewish Studies', 2003.
    [Margoliouth_1897] George Margoliouth. 'Ibn Al-Hītī’s Arabic Chronicle of Karaite Doctors. Edited, Translated, and Annotated by G. Margoliouth ... Reprinted from the Jewish Quarterly Review.'London: Printed for private circulation, 1897.

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