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Or 10397

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032-003377418
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Or 10397
Title:
Midrash collection
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
161 folios (ii+161+iii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10397 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Persian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Katz, Reuben Hoeshke ben Hoeshke, d 1673
Katz, Reuben Hoeshke ben Hoeshke, d 1673
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10397

Midrash collection

Contents

A collection of midrashim.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Persian

ff. 1r-161v
Title: ילקוט ראובני ומעשיות
Title: Yalḳuṭ Reʾuveni ṿe-mʿaśiyot

Includes among others: f. 4: ספר האר"י ז"ל, f. 8r: ענין שיר השירים לקוטי, f. 9r: ענין שלח לך אנשים, f. 19r: ענין והיה כי תבוא אל, f. 55r: ענין הפטרה שמעו בעהי, f. 85r: ענין פינחס דורש.

With Judeo-Perisan glosses.

ff. 126r-149r
Author: Katz, Reuben Hoeshke ben Hoeshke, -1673 אברהם ראובן בן הישקי הכהן
Title: Yalḳuṭ Reʾuveni midrash
Title: ילקוט ראובני מדרש
Colophon: תם חזק מדרש לקוטי דבש של ראובני כתוב ידי זעיר וצעיר חקיר אפר עפר מנשה מ' אבאבא. אני אדם שיהיה לי חלק מאברם דוד משה הקורא ישמח והגונב ימח בזכות שם מה f. 149r

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various kinds of paper, mostly without laid and chain lines. Leaves with laid lines and chain lines have'C g' (f. 102); '18' (f. 101).watermark:. Ff. 9-96 and 101-104 are blue.
Extent: 161 folios (ii+161+iii)
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 107 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 82 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable (binding too tight).

Catchword on most of the pages.

Condition

Usage stains, smudged ink, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Layout is not uniform; number of lines, justification of right margin, hands vary.

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew semi-cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Binding

BM in-house binding, half-bound.

Title on spine: 'Liḳḳuṭim. Hebrew & Jud.-Pers. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 10397.'

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 775; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 7 March 1930.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10397 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. M. Meredith-Owens, G. M. Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966 (London, 1968), p. 43.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL