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Or 10575
- Record Id:
- 032-003380309
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100048266560.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10575
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003380309
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 32 folios (i+32+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10575 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Israel ben Benjamin, fl 17th century
Israel ben Benjamin, fl 17th century - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10575
Miscellany
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic, halakhical works and a collection of model letters.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 32 folios (i+32+i)Binding
Post-1600, black cloth binding.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'קובץ 1083'.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1083; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 November 1931.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-14vTitle: ילקוט חדשTitle: Yalḳuṭ ḥadashIncomplete at the beginning and end.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: two or three circles with a cross above? (e.g. ff. 1, 2, 14).Extent: 14 foliosDimensions (leaf): 206-210 × 140-150 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Collation
Catchword at the end of every column.
Leaves are misbound; correct order should be: ff. 11, [lacuna] 10, [lacuna] 5, 3, 4, [lacuna], 8, 9, 13, 12, 14; cf. catchwords and Hebrew foliation.
Ff. 6-7 are upside down (in the digital surrogate, they are rotated for readability).
Condition
Water damage, tears, slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Fragile leaves, some have been fixed.
Layout
Columns:2
Number of written lines per page varies.
Running title.
Layout of f. 7 is different from the rest, and in one column.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Ff. 6-7 might have been added later.
II
Contents
ff. 15r-18vTitle: חדושים על התלמוד (קדושין א)Title: Ḥidushim ʻal ha-Talmud (Ḳidushin 1)Incipit: ולשון אין לי עסק בך אינו לשון הקנאה ולא לשון הפקר וכדאמה'Explicit: מה מצינו ופון שכן הוא כי הויא זקוקה ועומדת מאיהו מ"מ אעפ"י שזקוקהIncomplete at the beginning and end.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle (e.g. ff. 16-17).Extent: 4 folios (ff. 15-18)Dimensions (leaf): 221 × 158 mm.Dimensions (written): 171 × 115 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Leaves are misbound; correct order should be: ff. 18-16 (=ff. ט-י), lacuna (4 leaves are missing) 15-17(=ff. טו-יו); cf. catchwords and Hebrew foliation.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 25
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 18th century.
III
Contents
ff. 19r-32vTitle: אגרוןTitle: IgronPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of unidentified watermark (crowned cartouche?) (e.g. ff. 26-27).Extent: 14 folios (ff. 19-32)Dimensions (leaf): 186 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 105 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink (ff. א-יד).
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains.
The two outer leaves (ff. 19r and 32v) are very dirty; they must have served as covers for a period.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
A few corrections.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:Small paper slip with notes is glued onto the inner margin of f. 28v.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10575 (digital images currently unavailable)
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