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Or 9783

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Or 9783
Title:
Midrash and commentary on Psalms
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
25 folios (i+25+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Mattathias ha-Yizhari, fl 14th 15th century
Mattathias ha-Yizhari, fl 14th 15th century
Mattathias ha-Yiẓhari
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9783

Midrash and commentary on Psalms

Contents

Commentaries on the Book of Psalms (Ps. 119-150).

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-15r
Title: מדרש שוחר טוב (תהלים קיט-סוף)
Title: Midrash shoḥer ṭov (Tehilim 119-sof)

Midrashic commentary on Psalms 119-150, probably compiled by Mattathias ha-Yiẓhari.

Ends as follows: תם ונשלם שבח לאל בורא עולם (f. 15r, second column, fourth and third line from below).

ff. 15r-25v
Author: מתתיה היצהרי Mattathias, ha-Yiẓhari, active 14th century-15th century
Title: פרוש האלפא ביתא (תהלים קיט)
Title: Perush ha-alfa beta (Tehilim 119)
Incipit: ועתה אתהיל לכתוב פ' האלפא ביתא להר' מתיתיה היצחרי ז"ל f. 15r

Kabbalistic commentary on the esoteric significance of the letters of the alphabet.

Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th-16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: a hand with a star on top (e.g. f. 1); bearded man (soldier?) with spear in a circle, with letters BB(?) underneath (e.g. f. 8).
Extent: 25 folios (i+25+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 263 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 225 × 128 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords on ff. 12v and 16v.

Condition

Extensive water damage; upper part of the leaves is faded.

Many leaves have been fixed with silk gauze.

Iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 38

Written lines: 38

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Sefardi cursive and square script of the 16th-17th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house, brown leather binding.

Title on spine: 'Midrash & Perush Alpha-Beta. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental. 9783.'

History

Origin: 1500-1699 15th-16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Old catalogue number written in pencil on f. 1r: 'No. 36'.

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_9783 (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