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Or 12190
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- Or 12190
- Title:
- Tsemaḥ Daṿid by Yūḥanna Dāʾūd
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 189 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12190 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Persian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 1900-1950
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12190
Tsemaḥ Daṿid by Yūḥanna Dāʾūd
Contents
An ethico-religious work in Judeo-Persian.
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
ff. 1v-188vTitle: צמח דודTitle: Tsemaḥ DaṿidWith numberous Hebrew insertions.
English note on back pastedown: '"The Branch of David": An original autograph manuscript written in Judaeo-Persian. on 374 pages, 12 lines to a page, gilt-edge, 11 3/4 in. by 9 1/2 in., bound in olive green morocco, with gold standard floral decorations. Entirely prepared to be published in a facsimile edition. Contents: The result of forty years of Biblical study, and research work, with many passages from the Bible, and restatement of certain ritual truths, so that they might find deeper root in the writer's mind and heart, as well as in those of others. "Deep calleth unto deep!" Y. Dawud.'
Yuhanna Dawud, known as Yohanan ben David in Hebrew and John David in English; a traditional Jew from a religious background; collected Persian works of art and Islamic treasures from his boyhood; Professor of Oriental Art and Literature; oriental translator; Curator of the Department of Islamic Art, British Museum; died London, 1969.
Autograph.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines, watermark: 'KENT' (e.g. f. 179).Extent: 189 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 296 × 235 mm.Dimensions (written): 195 × 140 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew pagination in ink by the scribe.
Collation
Quires of 8 leaves.
No catchwords.
Condition
A few usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 12
Written lines: 12
Uniform layout.
Ruling is visible.
Hebrew words, sentences are underlined in red.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square script of the 20th century. Scribe was Yūḥannā Dāʾūd.
Decoration
2 full-page decorations: f. 1v: the name of the author in golden letters with a menorah and a magen David in gold on top; f. 2r: the title of the book, the word 'Amen', and Ps. 51:17 in golden letters, and a golden magen David.
F. 188v: at the end of the work, Ps. 16:8 in golden letters and a dove holding a branch in its beak.
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, green leather binding, gold-tooled. With gilt edges and textile pastedowns.
Title on spine: 'Semaḥ Dāvīdh. Judaeo-Persian. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 12,190.'
History
Origin: 1900-1950 1st half of the 20th century.Provenance and Acquisition
Acquisition note on back pastedown: 'Presented to the British Museum, Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. Y. Dawud.' Date of accession 25 March 1958.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel, G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), 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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12190 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Meredith-Owens, G. M., Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), p. 44.[http://www.fihrist.org.uk/profile/manuscript/ab5784e5-310a-42d5-9849-4f81da874942] Fihrist online catalogueFunding of Cataloguing
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