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- Extent:
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Or 10044
Morashah ḳehilat Yaʿaḳov by Jacob Zahalon
Contents
A commentary on the first book of the Mishneh Torah in the form of homilies.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-279rTitle: מרשה קהלת יעקבTitle: Morashah ḳehilat YaʻaḳovThe author was the preacher of the Catalan and Aragonese Synagogue in Rome.
Includes the interpreted texts.
Title page: ספר ראשון ספר מדע - מורה צוה לנו משה הרמב"ם ז"ל עם ספר מרשה קהלת יעקב שהוא פירו' מלתא בטעמא בהרבה חידושים ישרים על כל הדינים שבאו בספר מדע - הלכות יסודי תורה הלכות דיעות הלכות ת"ת הלכות עכו"ם והלכות האלו אשר חבר הרופא במובהק - הדורש בכנסת ק"ק קאטאלני וארגונסי י"ץ בעיר רומא כמהר"ר יעקב צהלון ... בכמהר"ר יצחק צהלון זצ"ל. שנת רצון יראיו יעשה ואת שועתפ י'ש'מ'ע' ויושיעים לפ"ק
At the end of the introduction (f. 6v) are haskamot (approbations) by Haya Dayan from the year תג"ל (in 1672/3), and by Shabtai Be’er from the year תל"ד (in 1673/4).
Ff. 107r-113v: אלו הן האפוריסמי ... בלשון לטינו מחכמת הרפואה שחבר ... הרמב"ם והעתקתים ללשון הקדש.
Autograph?.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, Bird standing on three hills in a circle (e.g. f. 91); quadruped in a circle (e.g. f. 84).Extent: 279 folios (iii+279+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 308 × 215 mm.Dimensions (written): 265 × 159 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Ff. 21v, 84v, 160v, 168v, 217v, 223v and 279v are blank.
Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 131, f. 217, f. 242, and f. 271; 3 unfoliated blank leaves after f. 160.
Collation
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, water damage.
F. 1 is fixed (silk gauze).
F. 248 is mounted.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 33
Written lines: 32 33
Running title.
Numerous folded tabs; some foldouts are tight to the gutter.
Corrections, deletions (e.g. ff. 19v, 32v, 61r).
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive and square script of the 17th century.
F. 6v: upper half of the page is written in Oriental cursive script.
Decoration
Additions:Note in Hebrew: כ"י המחבר לפי השערתי יוסף ירא מק"ק פה פיראה.
Binding
BM in-house binding.
Title on spine: 'Jacob Ṣahalon. Morashah Ḳehillath Yaʿaḳob. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 10,044.'
History
Origin: 1659-1660 Italy (Rome?)Provenance and Acquisition
Note in Italian on front flyleaf (ii)v: '... l'élogio di questo' opera a ... 5.6. del Bab. שבחי יאר nel 1673.
על ספר זה יש הסכות ר שבתי באר בע... הא...ר שו"ת באר עשק שדר וגם משדר אחר לא נודע לי עד היום שמי חיים דיין
Round stamp of the chief rabbi of Ferrara on f. 1r: '... Giuseppe Jaré - Rabbino Maggiore Ferrara'.
Paper slip inserted after f. 1: headed paper of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Bevis Marks, London. '13/6/01 Proof of Introduction and prefatory note. .. Revd. Dr. Gaster'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 407; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 March 1928.
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).Availability
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