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Or 6581

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032-003376906
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Or 6581
Title:
პალიმფსესტი (Palimpsest)
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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:
1 manuscript (3 fragments)
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Languages:
Georgian
Hebrew
Scripts:
Georgian
Hebrew
Start Date:
0500
End Date:
1099
Date Range:
0500-1099
Era:
CE
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Or 6581

პალიმფსესტი (Palimpsest)

Contents

პალიმფსესტი (Palimpsest)

Language(s): Hebrew, Georgian

ff. 1r-1v
Author:
Title: პალიმფსესტი (Palimpsest)

The largest of the fragments has not Georgian under the Hebrew, but old Palestinian Syriac. The style of the writing resembles that of the fragment T-S.12 183 of the Cambridge University Library. Both probably belong to the same manuscript of the Bible.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 6th-11th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 1 manuscript (3 fragments)
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Layout

Columns:1

Three small ragged fragments about 45 mm x 50 mm, 50 mm x 55 mm and 40 mm x 50 mm preserved in glass.

Hand(s)

The contents consist of only a few, not yet properly deciphered Georgian words.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Three fragments encased in glass.

History

Origin: 0500-1099 6th-11th century

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript came from the Genizah in Cairo. In England there are also Genizah palimpsests (old Hebrew over Georgian) in both Cambridge and Oxford. They were published by professor Blake in the Harvard Theological Review (No. 3 July 1932). The BL MS is only a part of the other 2 manuscripts and it is much to be regretted that prof. Blake paid no regard to this MS in his otherwise very good contribution.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_6581 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 4 vols), p.
    Blake, Robert P., "Catalogue of the Georgian manuscripts in the Cambridge university library."Harvard Theological Review25, no. 3 (1932), pp. 207-224.
    נדפס ע"י מ’ סוקולוף, קטעי בראשית רבה, ירושלים (תשמ"ב), עמ’ 137-138
    Cf. Robert P. Blake, "Catalogue of the Georgian manuscripts in the Cambridge university library." Harvard Theological Review 25, no. 3 (July, 1932): 207-224.
    Baars, 'A Palestinian Syriac Text of the Book of Lamentations', Vetus Testamentum 10/2 (1960), pp. 224-227.
    אלוני, נחמיה, קטעי גניזה של משנה, תלמוד ומדרש: מנוקדים בניקוד ארץ-ישראלי (תשל"ד).
    קשת, ליאה, האגדה בתלמוד הירושלמי (תשס"ח)
    Sokoloff, Michael and Yahalom, Joseph, 'Christian palimpsests from the "Cairo Geniza', Revue d'Histoire des Textes 8 (1978), pp. 109-132.
    Muller-Kessler C. and Sokoloff M. eds., The Christian Palestinian Aramaic Old Testament and Apocrypha version from the early period Vol: 1 (1998), pp. 164, 226, 229, plates IXa and IXb.
    Duffy, Christina,'Revealing hidden information using multispectral imaging' British Library Collection Care blog (http://blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare/2013/07/revealing-hidden-information-using-multispectral-imaging.html)

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