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Or 9785

Record Id:
032-003390052
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Or 9785
Title:
Responsa
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
19 folios (i+19+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9785 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
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:
Ishmael Kohen (?)
Ishmael ben Abraham Isaac, ha-Kohen, 1723-1811
Ishmael ben Abraham Isaac, ha-Kohen, 1723-1811
Jacob Israel Carmi(?)
Judah Ḥai dalla Vida
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9785

Responsa

Contents

A collection of responsa.

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 19 folios (i+19+i)

Binding

BM in-house, black cloth binding.

Title on spine: 'Responsa. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental. 9785.'

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquistion note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought of Luzac & Co. 9 Apr. 1927.'

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-10v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author: Jacob Israel Carmi(?)
Title: שאלות ותשובות
Title: Sheʿelot u-teshuvot

F. 1r: שלשה קונט' שכתבתי ... הריב שבין היתומה בן ... יצחק מודונא ז"ל למרת ברכה בן ... אלקים מודונא אחיו ז"ל.

Signed by Jacob Israel Carmi.

Cf. [BL] Or 9785, ff. 1r-10v.

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 10 folios (ff. 1-10)
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 185 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:1

Wider right margins.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 11r-14v
Language(s): Italian, Hebrew
Title: A rought draft of answers to the twelve questions set before the Sanhedrin in Paris by Napoleon I in 1807
Incipit: Risposta ai questiti prposti all' assemble Ebraica di Francia

In Italian and Hebrew.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 11-14)
Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 204 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion

Layout

Columns:1

Corrections, deletions, marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Latin (Italian) cursive script and Italian Hebrewcursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 15r-16v
Author: Judah Ḥai dalla Vida
Author: Ishmael ben Abraham Isaac, ha-Kohen, 1723-1811 ישמעאל בן אברהם יצחק, הכהן
Title: שאלות ותשובות
Title: Sheʿelot u-teshuvot
Incipit: מעשה שהיה כך הוה יהודי א... כשר...

A question addressed by Judah Ḥai dalla Vida to Ishmael Kohen, dated 5562 (see f. 15v, line 4), from Ferrara, with a rough draft of the latter's reply.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark on f. 15.
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 15-16)
Dimensions (leaf): 234 × 185 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Bifolio on guard.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion

Layout

Columns:1

Number of written lines per page varies.

Numerous corrections, deleted lines, notes in the margins.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1802 Italy

Provenance

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 17r-18r
Author: Ishmael ben Abraham Isaac, ha-Kohen, 1723-1811 ישמעאל בן אברהם יצחק, הכהן
Title: Responsum attributed to Ishmael ha-Kohen

F. 1r: שאלה יעקב היו לו כ' בנים ראובן ושמעון ושניהם סמוכין על שולחנו ויהי היום נשתדך ראובן

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Blue paper with laid lines and chain lines, 'LA BRIGLIA'.
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 17-18)
Dimensions (leaf): 246 × 185 mm.
Dimensions (written): 213 × 168 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Bifolio on guard.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 35

Section headings in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

f. 19r
Author: Ishmael Kohen (?)
Title: Responsum
Incipit: ושאלה שאלה ...אם יש שום צד להתיר מלאכה ע"י עכו"ם בשבת

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no watermark.
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 284 × 200 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Leaf on guard.

Condition

Liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 24

Wide inner margin.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Italy?

Provenance

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9785 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), IV, p. 160.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL