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Or 10291
Title:
Miscellany
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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:
122 folios (iv+122+i)
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Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
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CE
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Names:
Asher ben Jehiel, 1250-1327
Asher ben Jehiel, 1250-1327
Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan, poet, fl 13th century
Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan, poet, fl 13th century
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Gerondi, Jonah ben Abraham, rabbi and moralist, d 1264
Gerondi, Jonah ben Abraham, rabbi and moralist, d 1264
Hai ben Sherira, Gaon, 0939-1038,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010908435X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/63993515
Hai ben Sherira, Gaon, 0939-1038,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010908435X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/63993515
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Nahman, 1194-1271
Naḥmanides, 1195?-1270?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000398217402,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/219072992
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Yitsḥaḳ ben Eliʿezer, fl 15th century
Yitsḥaḳ ben Eliʿezer, fl 15th century
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10291

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of various ethical and liturgical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-6v
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף אלפיומי Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942
Title: תפלת השחר
Title: Tefilat ha-shaḥar

Morning prayers according to the recension of Saʿadia Gaon.

ff. 7r-21r
Author: גירונדי, יונה בן אברהם Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, approximately 1200-1263
Title: ספר היראה
Title: Sefer ha-yirʾah

A moral tract.

ff. 22r-25r
Author: גירונדי, יונה בן אברהם Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, approximately 1200-1263
Title: סוד התשובה
Title: Sod ha-teshuvah

A tract on repentance.

ff. 26r-28r
Author: גירונדי, יונה בן אברהם Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, approximately 1200-1263
Title: אגרת התשובה (דרשה ג)
Title: Igeret ha-teshuvah (Derashah 3)

Title on f. 26r: דרשת הנשים, which is the third derashah of Igeret ha-teshuvah.

ff. 29r-35r
Author: אשר בן יחיאל Asher ben Jehiel, approximately 1250-1327
Title: הנהגת הרא"ש
Title: Hanhagot ha-Rosh

An ethical tract.

Title on f. 29r: זאת ההנהגה אשר תקן הרב רבינו אשר זצ"ל אבי' רבינו יעקב בעל הטורים

Colophon: "נשלמו אלו העניינים עם ההנהגת להרב רבי אשר זצ"ל ... פה צפת אשר בגליל העליון ... ..." f. 35r
ff. 36r-43v
Author: האי בן שרירא גאון Hai ben Sherira, 939-1038
Title: מוסר השכל במליצה
Title: Musar haśkel bi-melitsah

An ethical tract attributed to Hai Gaon; versified, written in three columns.

ff. 44r-49r
Author: אזובי, יוסף בן חנן Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan, active 13th century
Title: קערת כסף
Title: Ḳeʿarat kesef
Incipit: אלה דברי שירות המוסר

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An ethical treatise, versified, written in three columns.

ff. 49v-50v
Author:
Title: שירים על שלשה עשר העקרים
Title: Shirim ʿal sheloshah ʿaśar ha-ʿiḳarim
Incipit: שיר כולל הי"ג עיקרי' חברו המקובל הרמב"ן

Ff. 50r: י"ג עיקרים להרמב"ם ז"ל

Poems by Moses ben Nahman and Moses ben Maimon embodying the 13 principles of the Creed.

ff. 50v-51v
Author:
Title: בקשות
Title: Beḳashot

F. 51r: בקשה זכות אבות; f. 51v: בקשה לשבת.

ff. 52r-53r
Author:
Title: קרית שמע בדקדוק אמרותיה ואותיותיה
Title: Ḳeriyat shemaʿ ba-diḳduḳ ʾimroteha ṿe-ʾotiyoteha

ff. 54r-56v
Author:
Title: פרשיות מהתורה בעניני העבודה בבית המקדש
Title: Parashiyot meha-Torah be-inyane ha-ʿavodah be-Vet ha-Miḳdash

ff. 57r-59r
Author:
Title: סדר התפלות
Title: Seder ha-tefilot

ff. 60r-106v
Author:
Title: תפלות, וידוים ובקשות
Title: Tefilot, ṿiduyim, u-vaḳashot

ff. 107r-122v
Author: יצחק בן אליעזר Yitsḥaḳ ben Eliʻezer, active 15th century
Title: ספר הגן
Title: Sefer ha-gan

An ethical treatise.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: anchor in a circle with a star on top (e.g. ff. 40, 42, 99, 100).
Extent: 122 folios (iv+122+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 149 × 107 mm.
Dimensions (written): 102 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation from f. 54 = f. נ"א.

Collation

Catchword on every verso. Ff. 21v, 25v, 28v, 35v, 80v: blank except the catchword.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage.

F. 100 is damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Text mostly in one column, but a few in three (ff. 36r-51r).

Section headings written in larger, square characters.

Hand(s)

Oriental cursive and square script of the 17th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Additions by different hands on ff. 53v, 75v.

M. Gaster's note on front flyleaf (ii)r: 'written in Tiberias (צפת) r f.35a'.

Binding

Post-1600, marble paper covers with black spine. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on spine: ' תפלת השחר, ס' היראה, סוג תשובה, מוסר השכל, קערת כסף, בקשות, ס' הגן, ..., '

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Land of Israel (Safed)

Provenance and Acquisition

M. Gaster's note on f. 122v: '122 leaves. M.G. 12.xi.'93.'

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 64; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 22 July 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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