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Or 11657

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Or 11657
Title:
Fragments of Yemenite midrashic Torah commentaries
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
95 folios (ii+95+i)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
Zechariah ben Solomon, ha-Rofe, 1400-1499
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Or 11657

Fragments of Yemenite midrashic Torah commentaries

Contents

A collection of various fragments of Yemenite midrashic commentaries on the Pentateuch.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-95v
Author: זכריה בן שלמה, הרופא Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe, active 15th century
Title:
Title: Fragments of Yemenite midrashic Torah commentaries

A collection of fragments of Midrashic commentaries in the Pentateuch and Haftarot of Yemenite origin.

Includes a midrashic commentary compiled by Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Oriental paper
Extent: 95 folios (ii+95+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 272 × 203 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Many folios have been fixed with silk gauze; every folio has been remounted.

Layout

Columns:1

Given dimensions are the size of the new mounts.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square scripts by various hands, of the 15th-16th century.

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Fragments of Midrashic Commentaries on the Pentateuch & Haphṭārōth. Zachariah ben Solomon, hā-Rōphē. etc. Hebrew & Judeo-Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,657.'

History

Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note inscribed on the back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Purchased from Bernard Quaritch 12-iv-38'. The Ltd was founded by the German-born bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899).

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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