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Or 10848

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Or 10848
Title:
Derush ʿal ʿinyan mitsṿat tefilin
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
21 folios (i+21+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10848 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Ladino
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1850
End Date:
1851
Date Range:
1850-1851
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Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Yosef bar Mosheh Ibn Shabat'
אבוחבוט, מימון בן אברהם
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Or 10848

Derush ʿal ʿinyan mitsṿat tefilin

Contents

Derush on the commandment of tefilin.

Language(s): Hebrew, Ladino, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-21r
Author: אבוחבוט, מימון בן אברהם
Title: דרוש על ענין מצוות תפלין
Title: Derush ʿal ʿinyan mitsṿat tefilin

Title page on f. 1r: דרוש על ענין מצות תפילין להדרש סוד תפילין וציצית אשר בהם חקוק שם הוי"ה ב"הו לתשוקת התלמיד חכם ונבון הבחור ונחמד זרע קדוש ה"ר יוסף בר משה ן' שבת ישמרהו צורו כי"ר - עיר טריסירא יע"ה שנת ת'היינה' לר'אש יו'סף.

'For the beloved desciple Yosef bar Mosheh Ibn Shabat' - probably for his Bar Mitsvah?

The date 1846 is added in the lower margin of the title page. Date is given as chronogram, which can be interpreted in two ways: ｢5｣611 or 5606.

Ladino addresses to the congregants (ff. 3r-4r).

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: a bunch of branches (ff. 11-12), 'THOMAR 44' (e.g. f. 1), 'AL MASSO' (e.g. f. 4).
Extent: 21 folios (i+21+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 158 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

F. 1v is blank.

Collation

A single quire of 10+1 leaves.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion, water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17

Written lines: 15 21

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Ruling is visible.

Running title.

Manicula on ff. 3r, 3v, 6v, 7v, etc.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 19th century, partially vocalised.

Decoration

Coat of arms inserted onto title page (f. 1r): spread eagle holding a branch and a bunch of arrows; motto: 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'. Golden-tooled red leather.

Additions:

Back flyleaf (i)v: scribble in ink (alphabet).

Binding

Post-1600, marble paper covers. Title on the front cover: דרוש למצות תפילין. In flap case.

Accompanying Material

Loose note at the beginning of the volume with a list of names on it. Names are in Latin script with epithets/titles in Hebrew script. Perhaps a list of guest at the Bar mitsvah ceremony. Most of the names are from the Bensabat family. In digital surrogate, the loose note is displayed as back flyleaf (ii).

History

Origin: 1850-1851 1846 or 1850/51 Portugal (Terceira)

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 795; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 March 1930.

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_10848 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Tahan, Ilana, 'Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection', European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe 43, No. 2, The State of Ladino Studies I (2010), pp. 134-152, esp. p. 148.

Funding of Cataloguing

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