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Or 10007

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032-003377235
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Or 10007
Title:
Collection of various texts.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
142 folios (i+142+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Persian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10007

Collection of various texts.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A collection of Tractate Avot, a section of Maimonides' Mishneh torah, and its Judeo-Persian translation.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian

ff. 1r-11v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author:
Title: משנה סדר נזיקין (אבות)
Title: Mishnah, Seder Neziḳin (Avot)

ff. 12r-95v
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian
Author:
Title: משנה תורה (סדר מדע, חלק מההקדמה)
Title: Mishneh torah (Seder madaʿ, ḥeleḳ mehe-Haḳdamah)

Ff. 12r-17v: table of contents for the entire Mishneh torah.

With Judeo-Persian glosses.

Colophon: נכתב ספר המדע בכ"ב נומאה שבט סאל שטרות סאל א’תתנ"ח תמיאם שוד"
ff. 96r-141v
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
Author:
Title: A commentary in Judaeo-Persian on the Sefer ha-Mada'

Hebrew words, quotations are vocalized.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; hand (e.g. f. 14); a column (?) (e.g. ff. 18, 92).
Extent: 142 folios (i+142+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 147 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 117 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Liquid damage, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Marginal notes.

Number of written lines varies.

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 16th century, partially vocalized.

Decoration

Additions:

F. 142 is a later addition.

F. 142v upside down: beginning of Pirḳe Avot 6.

F. 1r: note in pencil in French regarding the content of the manuscript.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Abhoth & Sepher Hammaddaʿ &c. Hebrew & Persian. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10.007.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century; item 2 was finished in 1858 SE (=1547 CE)

Provenance and Acquisition

An earlier catalogue number written on f. 1r: 'No. 64'.

M. Gaster's note (date of purchase?) on f. 142r: '19. I. 94. M.G.'

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 69; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 22 July 1927.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10007 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Meredith-Owens, G. M., Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), p. 42.
    Fihrist online catalogue (https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_5175)

Funding of Cataloguing

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