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Add MS 19778

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Add MS 19778
Title:
Perush ha-Mikhtam le-Daṿid
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Extent:
151 folios (i+151+ii)
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1476
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1476
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1476
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Names:
D. Nutt
David ben Levi, of Narbonne, fl 13th century
David ben Levi, of Narbonne, fl 13th century
M. Aschkenazi
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Add MS 19778

Perush ha-Mikhtam le-Daṿid

Contents

A digest of the tractates Sukah, Betsah, Moʿed ḳaṭan, Megilah and Pesaḥim of the Babylonian Talmud.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-151v
Author: דוד בן לוי, מנרבונה David ben Levi, of Narbonne, active 13th century
Title: המכתם (סוכה, ביצה, מועד קטן, מגלה ופסחים)
Title: Perush ha-Mikhtam le-Daṿid (Sukah, Betsah, Moʻed ḳaṭan, Megilah u-Fesaḥim)

After the digest of Sukah follow explanations of the Hoshanot gathered from the lips of Meʿir Meili of Narbonne (ff. 35v-38v): ""המלות שצריכות פירוש בהושענות, נלקט מפי החכם המובהק ר’ מאיר מעילי מנרבונה"".

F. 151v: compilations of Yom Tov ben Avraham Asevilli, Tractate Moʿed Katan 14b.

Colophon: "נשלם ... פירוש המכתם לדוד הוא נכתב ונחתם שבח לא מסדר כוכבים ... והשלמתי אותו אני הצעיר שבתלמידים המתאבק בעפר רגלי החכמים משה יצ"ו ברב’ ר' מסעוד ס"ט ברב’ זקיני אדוני ר’ יעקב נ"ע ן’ חרדאת ושלמתי אותו יום האחד כ"ה יום פי שבט שנת ה’ אלפים ומאתים וששה ושלשים לבריאת עולם ‬וכתבתי אותו להבחור ... ר’ חיים יצ"ו בר’ ב ר’ מימון ס"ט הכהן שולאל השם ברחמיו וחסדיו הרבים יזכיהו לקרוא בו הוא וזרעו וזרע זרעו עד סוף כל הדור ... נותן ליעיף כח ... הזק ונתחזק הסופר לא יזק מעתה ועד עולם עד שיעלה החמור ב151r אשר יעקב אבינו חלם... " f. 151r

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: bull's head with star above it (e.g. f. 86).
Extent: 151 folios (i+151+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (written): 215 × 137 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

17 quires: i14, ii20, iii-iv8, v10, vi8, vii6, viii10, ix6, x8, xi10-1, xii8, xiii6, xiv10, xv6, xvi8, xvii8-1.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, mould.

Iron gall ink corrosion, some leaves have burnt through but have been fixed (e.g. ff. 7-8).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'David Hallevi. SEpher Hammikhtam. &c. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional. 19,778.

History

Origin: 1476

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions on f. 151v, some hardly legible: "חיים ברבי יהודה החפצה"; "[...] ב"ר שלמה הלוי".

M. Aschkenazi: purchased by the British Museum from him through D. Nutt on 08 April 1854; inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Purchased of D. Nutt 8 Apr. 1854. (from M. Aschkenazi)'.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_19778 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), IV, p. 151.
    ע’ שבט, מחקרי מבוא למפרשי הרי"ף (עבודת דוקטור) עמ’ 74

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