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Or 10378

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Or 10378
Title:
Pilpul ʿal zeman zemanim zemanehem
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
48 folios (i+48+i)
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Rapa, Yonah Kohen (attributed to him)
רפא, יונה כהן, (מיוחס לו)
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Or 10378

Pilpul ʿal zeman zemanim zemanehem

Contents

A satirical tract against the Christians.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-48v
Author: רפא, יונה כהן, (מיוחס לו) Rapa, Yonah Kohen (attributed to him)
Title: פלפול על זמן זמנים זמניהם
Title: Pilpul ʿal zeman zemanim zemanehem

In the manuscript: פלפול על זמן זמנים זמניהם Pilpul al Zman Zmanim Zmaneihem (an argumentative debate on festival, festivals, their festivals).

Parodying the style of the Haggadah.

References

Dobos, Károly Dániel, 'A Jewish Atlas Marianus from the Eighteenth-Century?' in Let the Wise Listen and Add to Their Learning (Prov. 1:5): Festschrift for Günter Stemberger on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday, eds. Constanza Cordoni and Gerhard Langer (Berlin: De Gruyter, [2016]),pp. 659-681.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 38, 43, 44).
Extent: 48 folios (i+48+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 162 × 123 mm.
Dimensions (written): 120 × 82 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation by the scribe.

Blank leaf after f. 31, which is omitted by the current, pencil foliation, but included into the Hebrew foliation.

Collation

9 quires: i-v6, vi2, vii-ix6. Quire ix includes back flyleaf.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.

Slight worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 18

Written lines: 18

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Justified left margins.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Italian scribble on front flyleaf (i)r: 'rimango col carame te(?)'

Binding

Parchment binding. Boxed.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions(?) on front flyleaf (i)r: 'Uri Wolf Salat'; 'Mendel Leo Segel'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 189; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 February 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).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10378 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

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