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Or 10042

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Or 10042
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
147 folios (ii+147+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
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
Jeroham ben Meshullam, c 1290-1350
Jeroham ben Meshullam, c 1290-1350
Kimhi, David ben Joseph, 1159-1236
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10042

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of halakhical, philosophical and exegetical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-110v
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון
Title: משנה תורה (ספר אהבה)
Title: Mishneh Torah (Sefer ʾAhavah)

ff. 111r-123r
Author: ירוחם בן משלם, מפרובינציאה Jeroham ben Meshullam, approximately 1290-1350
Title: תולדות אדם וחוה (קטעים מנתיב ב, חלק ב)
Title: Toldot Adam ṿe-Ḥaṿah (ḳeṭaʻim mi-nativ 2, ḥeleḳ 2)

ff. 123r-126v
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון
Title: מורה נבוכים
Title: Moreh nevukhim

ff. 127r-130v
Author: ירוחם בן משלם, מפרובינציאה Jeroham ben Meshullam, approximately 1290-1350
Title: תולדות אדם וחוה (קטעים מנתיב ב, חלק ב)
Title: Toldot Adam ṿe-Ḥaṿah (ḳeṭaʻim mi-nativ 2, ḥeleḳ 2)

ff. 131r-141v
Author: Kimhi, David, 1160-1235 קמחי, דוד בן יוסף
Title: פרוש נביאים לרד"ק (ישעיה א:כא-א:לא, ירמיה ח:כג-ט:כג)
Title: Perush Neviʾim le-Radaḳ (Yeshaʻyah 1:21-1:31, Yirmeyah 8:23-9:23)

ff. 142v-147v
Author:
Title: פרוש נביאים (יונה)
Title: Perush Neviʾim (Yonah)

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish oriental paper
Extent: 147 folios (ii+147+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

F. 141v is blank.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Catchword on most verso sides.

Condition

Numerous folios have been fixed.

Water damage, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Last word of the lines are often written diagonally.

Marginal notes, some perpendicular or diagonal to the text.

Ruling and pricking is visible (e.g. f. 94).

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew square script of the 15th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Year 5538 (1577/8) at the end of the composition on f. 147v is by a hand different from the scribe: 'בשנת של"ח לפ"ק'.

Note in pencil on front flyleaf (ii)v: 'Une autre partie du livre Mourénèvïme (!) expliquant le mot Elohim quand il signifie Dieu et idole et l'usage des prières [...]'

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title in spine: 'Sepher Ahabah, &c. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10,042.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Persia(?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Note by M. Gaster on back flyleaf (i)r: '19 I 94 M.G.'

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 79; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 2 August 1927.

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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