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Or 11655

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Or 11655
Title:
Midrash ha-gadol by David ben Amram Adani
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
98 folios (ii+98+ii)
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Languages:
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Names:
Adani, David ben Amram, 1200-1399
Adani, David ben Amram, 1200-1399
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-1899
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Or 11655

Midrash ha-gadol by David ben Amram Adani

Contents

Midrashim on Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-10v
Author: העדני, דוד בן עמרם Adani, David ben Amram, active 13th century-14th century
Title: מדרש הגדול (ויקרא, קטע)
Title: Midrash ha-gadol (Ṿa-yiḳra, ḳeṭaʿ)
Incipit: שמונה ואחת אם שווה לו לטומאה
Explicit: אחת ואחת זמן זה הוא נקרא

Parts from Parashat Tazriaʿ (ff. 1r-2v), Aḥare mot (ff. 3r-8v) and Ḳedoshim (ff. 8v-10v).

Lacuna after f. 2v.

Text in two columns.

Marginal notes.

Beginning of Parashat Ḳedushim is decorated with simple motifs.

ff. 11r-98v
Author: העדני, דוד בן עמרם Adani, David ben Amram, active 13th century-14th century
Title: מדרש הגדול (דברים)
Title: Midrash ha-gadol (Devarim)
Explicit: שנ' ואתה תעמד והמילה בני עבדיך ישכונו

Incomplete at the end.

Lacunae in the text.

Text in one column.

Marginal notes.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th-17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 98 folios (ii+98+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 307 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written): 237 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage.

Mounted leaves; some leaves have been fixed with silk gauze.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Running title

Number of written lines per page varies.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive scripts of the 16th century.

Binding

BM in-house, half-bound.

Title on spine: 'Midhrāsh Hag-gādhōl on Deuteronomy. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,655.'

History

Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century Yemen?

Provenance and Acquisition

'Purchased from Messrs Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 12 April 1938': inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v. The Ltd was founded by the German-born bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899). Date of accession 18 May 1938.

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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