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Or 10209
- Record Id:
- 032-003391447
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391447
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052680569.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10209
- Title:
- Ḳinah
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003391447", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10209: Ḳinah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003391447
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003391447
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 13 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10209 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10209
Ḳinah
Contents
A threnody on the destruction of Jerusalem, in quatrains.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-13rTitle: איכה את העיר העליזה היושבת בטח בדדTitle: Ekhah at ha-ʿir ha-ʿalizah ha-yoshevet betaḥ badadEach stanza of the lamentation begins with the word איכה.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19thcentury.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 13 foliosDimensions (leaf): 141 × 99 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Back pastedown is foliated: f. 13r.
Collation
2 quires: i2, ii12.
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 16
Written lines: 16
Ruling in hard point is visible.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th-19th century; vocalised.
Binding
Post-1600, printed paper covers. In a flap case.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
M. Gaster's note on f. 1r: 'Napel x. 899.'
Ownership inscription on front pastedown: 'Questo ספר di Salomoni del Judai di Senigaglia Comprato l'anno 1838 del Seg. Leon di Moise Vita con ...subitamente il suo avesi combinato'.
A name is erased on front pastedown: '「Ang」elo Forli'(?).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 301; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 March 1928.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10209 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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