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Or 10051

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Or 10051
Title:
Mishneh Torah with commentary
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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:
57 folios (i+57+i)
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
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Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
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CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
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Or 10051

Mishneh Torah with commentary

Contents

Mishneh torah with Judeo-Arabic commentary

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-41r
Author:
Title: פרוש משנה תורה (ספר קדושה, הלכות שחיטה)
Title: Perush Mishneh Torah (Sefer Ḳedushah, Hilkhot sheḥiṭah)

With marginal notes, mentioning e.g. לשון רבינו ירוחם (f. 25r), דוד בן יחיא מתושבי אשבונה (f. 36v), and פ’ רבי חזקיה (f. 39r).

ff. 41r-57v
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון
Title: משנה תורה (ספר קדושה, הלכות שחיטה)
Title: Mishneh Torah (Sefer Ḳedushah, Hilkhot Sheḥiṭah)

F. 41r: superlinear punctuation.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish oriental paper.
Extent: 57 folios (i+57+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 148 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

8 quires: i2 (ff. 1-2?), ii8 (ff. 3-10), iii-vii8 (ff. 11-18, 19-26, 27-34, 35-42), vii6+1 (43-49), viii6 (50-55).

Catchword on every verso; signatures in Hebrew characters at the end and beginning of the quires (first signature on f. 10v, last signature on f. 35r.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.

Some leaves have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23

Written lines: 23

Uniform layout.

Marginal notes by various hands including the scribe.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Very simple ink decoration around the chapter headings and at the beginning of some sections (e.g. ff. 2r, 10r, 22v).

A diagram of a 'behemah' in the outer margin, on f. 30r.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on the spine: 'Commentary on Hilkhoth Shehitah. Hebrew & Arabic. Brit. Mus. OR. 10,051.'

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century Yemen (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 507: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r, 48v, 49v, 57v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 30 August 1928.

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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