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Or 2562

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032-003376867
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Or 2562
Title:
Biblical commentary
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
150 folios
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Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew
Scripts:
Arabic
Hebrew
Start Date:
1100
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
1100-1299
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Ar-Ra'is Abu Sa'id
الرئیس‎ أبو سعيد‎
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2562

Biblical commentary

Contents

An Arabic commentary on the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy (fragments).

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-150v
Title: Perushim
Title: פרושים

Part of an Arabic commentary on Numbers 22-29 and Deuteronomy 16, 17, 23, 24 and 32.

Includes a translation of the Hebrew text.

The translation is arranged into sections marked as ؤصل.

Author: Ar-Ra'is Abu Sa'id الرئیس‎ أبو سعيد‎
ff. 3r-110r
Title: Numbers
ff. 110v-150v
Title: Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 12th or 13th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 150 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 196 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.

Lacunae after folios 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 20, 27, 56, 76, 82, 88, 89, 107, 111, 135, 141.

Condition

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

Many of the leaves are damaged.

Half of the lower part of folio 27 is lost, and the upper margin of folios 142-150 is torn off.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 11

Written lines: 11

Uniform layout with 11 line to a page.

Hand(s)

A Naskhi hand of the 12th or 13th century.

Binding

BM/BL in-house binding, red and beige.

Spine: 'Commentary on Deuteronomy and Numbers. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 2562.'

History

Origin: 1100-1299 12th-13th century

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_2562 (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. 307.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL