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Or 2403

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032-003376862
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Or 2403
Title:
Daṿid ben Bo῾az's Commentary on the Exodus
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
108 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2403 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
Scripts:
Arabic
Hebrew
Start Date:
1200
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
1200-1299
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Daṿid ben Bo῾az
Moses Wilhelm Shapira
Shemu᾿el ben ... ha-Nagid
דוד בן בועז
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2403

Daṿid ben Bo῾az's Commentary on the Exodus

Contents

The commentary of Daṿid ben Bo῾az on the book of Exodus (fragments).

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-108v
Title: Perush
Title: פרוש
Author: Daṿid ben Bo῾az דוד בן בועז

A part of an Arabic commentary on Exodus, viz. chpaters 25:1-33:13, ascribed to Daṿid ben Bo῾az.

Imperfect at the end.

Each pericope is divided in to a number of section marked as ؤصل, which comprise of chapters: 25:1-9, 10-22, 23-30, 31-40; 26:1-6, 7-14, 15-30, 31-37; 27:1-8, 9-19, 20-21; 28:1-5, 6-14, 15-30, 31-35, 36-38, 39, 40, 41-43; 29:1-37, 38-46; 30:1-10, 11-16, 17-21, 22-33, 34-38; 31:1-11, 12-17; 31:18-32:6; 32:7-14, 15-29; [30-35 are wanting]; 33:1-11, 12-23.

The division into smaller section agrees with parashiyot petuḥot or setumot of the printed text.

In each section the Arabic translation is prefixed.

Of the Hebrew text only the opening words of each verse are given.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 13th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 108 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

108 folios (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

11 quires of 10 leaves each. Imperfect at the end.

Quires signed with Arabic words on the upper margin of the first page.

Condition

Lacunae after folios: 12, 21, 31, 45, 48, 61, 115.

Imperfect at the end.

One leaf missing after folio 100.

Several folios stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 16

Written lines: 16

Has a separate title-page.

The division into sections is marked in the margins.

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of the 13th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM/BL in-house, marbled cover.

Spine: 'Comm. on Exodus. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2403.'

History

Origin: 1200-1299 13th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Shemu᾿el ben ... ha-Nagid: inscribed, folio 2r.

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.

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2403 (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. 304.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL