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Or 13872
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- 032-003380861
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13872
- Title:
- Sefer ha-Egron by Moses ben Aron ben Sheʾrith of Shirvan
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 273 folios (iv+273+iii)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Persian
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1473
- End Date:
- 1473
- Date Range:
- 1473
- Calendar:
- Seleucid
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 13872
Sefer ha-Egron by Moses ben Aron ben Sheʾrith of Shirvan
Contents
Judeo-Persian dictionary.
Language(s): Judeo-Persian
ff. 1v-269rTitle: ספר האגרוןTitle: Sefer ha-EgronIncipit: בסייעתא דשמיא התחלתי לכתוב ספר האגרון בעזרת האל המשיב אפו מחרון אות אלףCovering Hebrew and Aramaic vocabulary of the Bible; compiled in 1459.
At the end of the manuscript (ff. 269v-272r) and in several places in the margins are various lists, among which: "secondary prohibitions" (sheniyot) of relations with relatives, division of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and a list of the [Talmudic] tractates.
A folio is missing after f. 266.
In the Sotheby's sale catalogue (Zurich, 1975), it is attributed to Shelomh ben Shemuʾel of Gurganj (שלמה בן שמואל, מאורגנג’ ).
Colophon: נשלם ברחמי שמיא על ידי הצעיר הנבצה אשר לא ידע על מזה שמואל בן ר’ ומארי אבא ר’ יצחק בר ר’ ניסן בר ר’ אברהם בר ר' יוסף תנצב"ה נבתוא במדינת מרו בעשרין ותמניא דירחא סיון דשנת אלפא ושבע מאה ותמנין וארבע שנין לשטרות f. 269rff. 269v-272vLanguage(s): HebrewTitle: Miscellaneous Hebrew textsPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Yellowish Oriental paper.Extent: 273 folios (iv+273+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 114 mm.Dimensions (written): 132 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Earlier pagination in pencil has been cancelled.
Collation
Catchword on every verso both in and in Arabic.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 25
Written lines: 27
Ruling is visible.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square script of the 15th century. Copied by Samuel ben Isaac ben Nisan ben Abraham ben Joseph.
Additions:Pen trials on f. 1r.
Binding
BL in-house, half-bound.
Title on spine: 'Sēpher ha-Aghrōn. Hebrew. Brit. Lib. Oriental MS. 13872'.
History
Origin: 1473 Turkmenistan (Merv)Provenance and Acquisition
Black round stamp of Yaʿaḳov Mahṿashef (Yakob Mavoshev) on ff. 1r, 269r and 270r: 'יעקב מהוושוף Якубъ Мавошевъ Г. Самаркандъ'.
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942): collector of Jewish manuscripts: his bookplate on back pastedown.
Acquired from the Sassoon collection, at the Sotheby's sale in Zürich, November 1978. Date of accession 30 November 1978. Paper slip glued onto front flyleaf (iii)r with notes regarding the repair of the volume.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Vera Basch Moreen, 'A Supplementary List of Judeao-Persian Manuscripts of the British Library', The British Library Journal 21 (1995),pp. 71-80.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13872 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Sassoon, D.S., אהל דוד (Ohel Dawid) Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1932), v. 1, p. 500.The catalogue of the Sotheby's sale prepared by Ch. Abramsky, Catalogue of Thirty-eight Highly Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts from the collection formed by the late David Solomon Sassoon (Zürich, 1975), lot no. 30.Moreen, Vera Basch, 'A Supplementary List of Judeao-Persian Manuscripts of the British Library', The British Library Journal 21 (1995), pp. 73-74.Waley, M. I., Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998 (London, 1998), p. 36.Funding of Cataloguing
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