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Or 10305
- Record Id:
- 032-003377217
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003377217
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044813792.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10305
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003377217", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10305: Miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003377217
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003377217
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 7 folios (ii+7+ii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10305 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Yehudah ben Yaʿish ben Susan - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10305
Miscellany
Contents
A collection of three miscellaneous texts (fragments).
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 7 folios (ii+7+ii)Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding.
Title on spine: 'הרעמים 350'.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 350; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 March 1928.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-4vLanguage(s): Hebrew, Judeo-ArabicAuthor:Title: סימני רעמים, ברקים וגשמיםTitle: Simane reʿamim, beraḳim u-geshamimExcerpts from an astrological treatise.
Among others, it mentions the town Marrakech (f. 4r, line 10: בעיר מראקיש).
Incomplete.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, traces of unidentified watermark (f. 1).Extent: 4 foliosDimensions (leaf): 136 × 90 mm.Dimensions (written): 108 × 70 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, fragile leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 21
Written lines: 21
Section headings in larger, square characters.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
Additions:II
Contents
ff. 5r-5vAuthor:Title: חדושי תורהTitle: Ḥidushe TorahḤidushim on Genesis 3:24, 3: 13 (f. 5r) and Exodus 2:14 (f. 5v).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no traces of watermark.Extent: 1 folioDimensions (leaf): 139 × 95 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
N/A
Condition
Water damage, usage stains, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Narrow margin.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) Hebrew cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
Additions:III
Contents
ff. 6r-7vAuthor:Title: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimPoems among others by Yehudah ben Yaʿish ben Susan (f. 6r, line 1).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 2 foliosDimensions (leaf): 139 × 98 mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, smudged ink, liquid damage.
Both leaves have been fized.
Layout
Columns:1
Folding lines.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Additional Information
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10305 (digital images currently unavailable)
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