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Or 10131

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Or 10131
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
199 folios (199+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10131 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1905
End Date:
1905
Date Range:
1905
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10131

Samaritan Pentateuch

Contents

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1v-199v
Title: תורה שומרונית
Title: Torah Shomronit

Colophon: Colophon on f. 199v.
ff. 1v-53r
Title: Genesis
ff. 54v-97r
Title: Exodus
ff. 98v-127r
Title: Leviticus
ff. 127v-167r
Title: Numbers
ff. 168v-199v
Title: Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 20th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 199 folios (199+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 108 × 82 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 53v-54r, 97v-98r, 167v-168r are blank.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves.

Condition

Usage stains, smudged ink.

Ff. 1v-3v: water damage, text is illegible in places.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 34

Written lines: 32 34

Uniform layout.

Ff. 1v-3r are written in magenta ink.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Samaritan majuscule script of the early 20th century.

Binding

Islamic flap binding with green felt covers. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on the spine: 'Pentateuch Sam 1136'.

In the digital surrogate the front binding board with the flap open is called back flyleaf (ii)r; the back binding board with flap extended is called back flyleaf (ii)v; and the fore edge is called back flyleaf (iii)r.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1905 West Bank (Nablus)

Provenance and Acquisition

M. Gaster's note on f. 199v: 'M.G. xii.910'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1136; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 23 November 1931.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10131 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 140.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL