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Or 10224

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Or 10224
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
28 folios (iii+28+iii)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Foa, Shelomoh Yehudah ben Yeḥiʾel
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
פואה, שלמה יהודה בן יחיאל
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Or 10224

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of prayers and poetical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 18th century. Six booklets are bound together.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 28 folios (iii+28+iii)

Binding

Post-1600, dark green cloth binding. Boxed.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 563, 564, 565, 477; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 1 August 1928.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-5r
Author: פואה, שלמה יהודה בן יחיאל Foa, Shelomoh Yehudah ben Yeḥiʾel
Title: הגבר הקם על המלך ישראל
Title: ha-Gever ha-ḳam ʿal ha-melekh Yiśraʾel

Gaster number 563.

Date in colophon is difficult to decipher.

Colophon: יקותיאל אוטולינגי יצ"ו נושא אלומתו אל הקדש פנימה בהאי יומא דקא גרים יום הלולה וכלילא שבעה ימים לחדש אדר לסדר ושנת וא'ל הא'רן ת'תן א'ת ה'ע'ד'ת' לפ"ק f. 1r
Colophon: מצעיר שלמה יהודה ס"ט בלא"א יחיאל פואה יצ"ו f. 5r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, traces of a watermark: circle with an inscription inside the parameter.
Extent: 5 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 144 × 96 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Front flyleaf (ii) and f. 5c are the original pink covers of the booklet.

Collation

A single quire of 8 leaves (front flyleaf (iii)-f.5c) within the original pink covers of the booklet.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 12

Written lines: 12

Three stanzas of 4 lines on each page.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script; vocalized.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1722 Italy?

Provenance

Label with a (catalogue?) number on the original front cover (front flyleaf (ii)): 1660.

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 6r-10ar
Title: תפלה להרחיק המגפה
Title: Tefilah leharhiḳ ha-magefah

Gaster number 564.

A prayer to ward off the plague.

F. 6r: 'המש' ר' יצחק גאליקו'.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines, fragment of the watermark is visible: 'F.M. TAMAGN... A PIO...'
Extent: 6 folios (ff. 6-10a)
Dimensions (leaf): 138 × 108 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Ff. 6 and 10a are the original covers of the booklet.

Collation

A single quire of 4 leaves within the original covers of the booklet.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 16

Uniform layout.

Left margins are no justified.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy?

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 11r-13r
Title: בקשות לימים נוראים
Title: Baḳashot le-Yamim Noraʾim

Gaster number 565.

F. 11r: בקשה שאומרים ק"ק ספרדי בליל כיפור קודם ערבית; f. 12r: בקשה לומר בעי"ה בסליחות; f. 12r: בקשה לער"ה אחר תפילת אפים; ff. 12r-13r: בקשה לומר קודם חזרה שחרית של ר"ה.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no watermark is visible.
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 11-13a)
Dimensions (leaf): 134 × 96 mm.
Dimensions (written): 116 × 84 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Ff. 11 and 13a are the original covers of the booklet.

Collation

A single quire of 4 leaves.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14 16

Written lines: 14

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

Text is only on the recto sides.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy?

Provenance

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 14r-16bv
Title: דו-שיח שירי בין גבריאל וחברת זריזים
Title: Du śiaḥ ben Gavriʾel ṿe-ḥevrat zerizim

A dialogue in verse between a certain Gabriel and a certain Asher.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: letter A on f. 14..
Extent: 5 folios (ff. 14-16b)
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 104 mm.
Dimensions (written): 115 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

A single quire of 6-1 leaves.

No catchwords.

Condition

The lower half of f. 16 has been cut off.

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 14

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century; vocalized.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance

M. Gaster's note in pencil on f. 14r: 'חברת ... ספרדים ואשכנזים'.

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 16cr-19cv
Title: הנה הוא בא יום החדוה : שיר לכבוד התורה
Title: Hineh hu ba yom ha-ḥedṿah : shir li-khevod ha-Torah
Incipit: הנה הוא בא יום החדוה

Gaster number is not provided.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no watermark.
Extent: 8 folios (ff. 16c-18c)
Dimensions (leaf): 138 × 92 mm.
Dimensions (written): 107 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Ff. 16c and 19c are the original covers of the booklet.

Collation

A single quire of 6 leaves within the original covers.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10

Written lines: 10

Uniform layout.

Two stanzas of 4 lines per page. Each stanza is numbered, altogether there are 12 stanzas.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century.

Provenance

Label with a (catalogue?) number on the original front cover (f. 16b): 1627.

VI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 19dr-28bv
Title: רבות בנות לכרם
Title: Rabot banot la-kerem

Gaster number 477.

An epithalamium on the marriage between Israel Menahem ben Joshua Ottolenghi and Rebecca bat [Abraham] Jacob of the Levi family. Dated: Acqui(?), 5542 (1781/1782).

Title on f. 20r: יום טוב - שיר ידידות כי על יום טוב באתי ל"ו היו ימים טובים אף טוב לישראל נישואי' הקלין ... בחור נרמל כמ"ר ישראל מנחם בן היקר יאושע אוטולינגי יצ"ו עם הכלה ... רבקה רנה בת הגביר הנעלה ... יעקב לבית לוי לגוי גדול היו יהיו ה' עליהם ... - אקווי ג' ה'מ'ב'ש'ר' .

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, fragment of unidentified watermark on f. 26.
Extent: 12 folios (ff. 19d-28b)
Dimensions (leaf): 126 × 87 mm.
Dimensions (written): 85 × 30 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Fragile leaves, their outer margin have been fixed.

Water damage, mould(?).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 10

Written lines: 10

Uniform layout.

Two stanzas of 4 lines per page. Each stanza is numbered, altogether there are 26 stanzas.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

History

Origin: 1781-1782 Italy (Acqui Terme?)

Provenance

Label with a (catalogue?) number on the original front cover (f. 19d): 1642.

Additional Information

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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