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Or 14015

Record Id:
032-003381025
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14015
Title:
Prayers, minhag Bene Yiśraʾel be-Hodu.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
14 folios (ii+14+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14015 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Marathi
Scripts:
Devanagari
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
David Solomon Sassoon
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 14015

Prayers, minhag Bene Yiśraʾel be-Hodu.

Contents

Prayers for various occasions according to the custom of Bene Yiśraʾel.

Language(s): Hebrew, mr

ff. 2r-14r
Title: תפלות מנהג בני ישראל בהודו
Title: Tefilot minhag Bene Yiśraʾel be-Hodu

Prayers in Hebrew with directions in Marathi.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Greyish paper.
Extent: 14 folios (ii+14+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 14 leaves.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Number of written lines per page varies.

Ruling in pencil is visible.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square script of the 19th century, vocalised.

Binding

BL in house binding; green, half bound.

Title on spine: 'Prayers. Hebrew & Marathi. Brit. Lib. Oriental MS. 14015.'

Accompanying Material

Two small paper slips, both train tickets, are glued onto f. 1r. One was issued by the Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways Co. (established in 1905), while the other has not issuer named.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century India

Provenance and Acquisition

David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942): collector of Jewish manuscripts: his bookplate on back pastedown; his round stamp on f. 3v.

Acquired from the Sassoon collection, at the Sotheby's sale in New York, May 1981; lot 6. Date of accession 21 October 198.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14015 (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. 251, no. 113.
    Important Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts from the collection formed by the late David Solomon Sassoon ... : public auction Tuesday May 12, 1981 (New York : Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1981), p. 22, lot. 5.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL