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Or 10490

Record Id:
032-003391890
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10490
Title:
Jewish sermons in Hebrew and Italian.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
57 folios (i+57+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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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 10490

Jewish sermons in Hebrew and Italian.

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

ff. 1r-57v
Title: דרושים
Title: Derushim

In Hebrew and in Italian (in Latin script).

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 40, 43).
Extent: 57 folios (i+57+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 131 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 1v, 2v, 10v, 17, 23v, 48v are blank.

4 unfoliated blank leaves after f. 3, 1 unfoliated blank leaf after f. 17 and after f. 34.

Collation

F. 4 is upside down.

Condition

Severe water damage and mould.

Some parts are illegible due to water damage.

Very fragile leaves, some tears, holes.

Two bifolios are loose (ff. 27 and 30 and 28-29).

Layout

Columns:1

Number of written lines per page varies.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script and Latin (Italian) cursive script of the 18th century.

Binding

Post-1600, white cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '535 דרושים Ital.'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 535; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 April 1929.

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).

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