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Or 5446

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Or 5446
Title:
Pentateuch in Judeo-Persian
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
124 folios (ii+124+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Persian
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1319
End Date:
1319
Date Range:
1319
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Seleucid
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CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Joseph ben Moses
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Or 5446

Pentateuch in Judeo-Persian

Contents

Judeo-Persian translation of the Pentateuch.

Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew

ff. 1r-124v
Title: תרגום פרסי לתורה
Title: Targum Parsi la-Torah

Written and probably also translated by Joseph ben Moses.

Divided according to the parashiyot.

Imperfect at the beginning, and with some lacunae.

Some words have superlinear vocalisation.

Colophon: נכתבה זו תורת משה איש הא' ע' ה' בלשון פרסי על יד העני הנמצא והצעיר של כל ישראל יוסף בר משה נ"ע ונשלמה ביום מעלה בש' שהוא ארבעה ועשרים יום בחדש אדר שני שנת אלף ושש מאות ושלשים לשטרות ואם שגיתי בכתבי הוא ימחול עלי וימחה את כל חטאתי ויכתב עלי חירות מתם בזכות חכמי ותלמידהם ויסלח לי ויקים עלי מק' דכ' ונסלח ל' ע' כ' וכ' ול' הג' בת' כן לכל הע' בשגגה: ...צור ישראל סימן טוב גרדאנאד על כל עמו ישראל ויראנו בבנין ציון... בזכות משה ואהרן ושמואל וישמחנו בשמחת בנין ירושלם וההראל לקים ... ירושלם ייי נדחי ישראל יכנס אמן ואמן f. 124v
ff. 1r-44v
Title: Genesis
ff. 45r-49r
Title: Leviticus
ff. 49r-83v
Title: Numbers
ff. 83v-124v
Title: Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper
Extent: 124 folios (ii+124+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 158 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 16r, 16v are blank.

Collation

Indeterminable.

No catchword.

Condition

Water damage, usage stains.

First and last folios are more damaged; f. 1r is partially illegible.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 31

Written lines: 31

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 14th century. Scribe: Joseph ben Moses.

Decoration

At the end (f. 124v), the last two lines are in golden letters and with geometrical ornaments (oxidised in most part).

Ink decoration at the beginning of sections (e.g. f. 49r).

Additions:

F. 124v: note regarding the date of the manuscript added by a different, later hand: נכתבו שנת המשת אלפים שיבעים ושמונה לברית עולם.

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'The Pentateuch. Persian. Brit. Mus. Oriental 5446.'

History

Origin: 1319 Persia

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought from Mirza Azzussah November 15. 1898.' Date of accession 4 February 1900: inscribed in pencil in the lower margin of f. 124v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5446 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Seligsohn, M., 'The Hebrew Persian Manuscripts of the British Museum', Jewish Quarterly Review 15 (1903), pp. 278-301.
    פייפער, חיים, התורה בפרסית-יהודית: תרגום התורה העתיק ביותר לפרסית-יהודית (מכון בן-צבי, 1972).
    Meredith-Owens, G. M., Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), p. 41.
    Birnbaum, Solomon, The Hebrew Scripts (Leiden: Brill, 1971), pp. 242-243, no. 212.
    ירושלמי, דוד, "תרגומי המקרא לפרסית-יהודית" בתוך: פעמים 84 (תשס), עמ' 21-39.
    http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2014/02/important-judeo-persian-bibles-in-the-british-library.html

Funding of Cataloguing

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