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Or 9782

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Or 9782
Title:
Sheʾerit Yosef by Joseph ben Shem Ṭov ben Yeshuʿah Ḥai
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
15 folios (ii+15+iii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9782 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1804
End Date:
1804
Date Range:
1804
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Josef ben Shem Ṭov ben Yeshuʿah Ḥai
Joseph ben Shem Tob ben Jeshuah Chay, fl 15th century
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9782

Sheʾerit Yosef by Joseph ben Shem Ṭov ben Yeshuʿah Ḥai

Contents

A metrical account of the calendar, with commentary.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-15v
Author: יוסף בן שם טוב בן ישועה חי Josef ben Shem Ṭov ben Yeshuʿah Ḥai
Title: שארית יוסף
Title: Sheʾerit Yosef
Incipit: שארית יוסף - אמר הצעיר יוספ בן שם טוב בן ישועה חזק בראותי

Only the poem which begins: אי"ב תשצ"ג שארית הוא לחודש with a commentary by the author. F. 14r: intercalations (evronot) written in the form of a hand with a decoration.

F. 15v: calendrical table.

Scribe's signature in the lower margin of f. 9r.

Colophon: והשלמתו ו' ימים לחדש כסליו משנת התקס"ה ליצירה פה תלמסאן יע"א הצעיר ... f. 13v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: shield with an unidentified object in it (e.g. f. 10); watermark on flyleaves: crowned shield with a star inside and 'VINCENZO GIUCCI' and 'PONTREMOLI'.
Extent: 15 folios (ii+15+iii)
Dimensions (leaf): 173 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 10r, 14v-15r are blank.

Collation

4 quires: i6, ii2, iii4, iv4-1.

Catchword on almost every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, ink stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 25

Poems are in larger characters than commentary.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North-African) cursive and square script of the early 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Sheʿerīth Joseph. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Or. 9782.'

History

Origin: 1804 Algeria (Tlemcen)

Provenance and Acquisition

Old catalogue number written in pencil on front flyleaf (ii)r: 'No. 26'.

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought of Luzac & Co. 9 Apr. 1927.'; date of accession 27 April 1927.

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_9782 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 1977, 4 vols), vol. IV, p. 160.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL