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Or 10125
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- 032-003391983
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- Or 10125
- Title:
- Beʾur Seder ʿolam rabah by Menasseh Grossberg
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 111 folios (111+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10125 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- 1908-1909
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- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10125
Beʾur Seder ʿolam rabah by Menasseh Grossberg
Contents
Summary of Contents: A commentary by Menasseh Grossberg to the Seder Olam Rabah, a chronological work traditionally attributed to Rabbi Jose ben HalaftLanguage(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-96rTitle: באור סדר עולם רבהTitle: Beʾur Seder ʿolam rabahUnpublished.
Autograph.
Colophon:ff. 97r-98rTitle: A copy of a letter to Menasseh Grossberg by Yeḥezkiel Liebeschütz, Av Bet Din of Kalisch (Kalisz).Copied by Menasseh Grossberg.
F. 97r: לכבוד הרב ... החכם רב פעלים לתורה ותושי' כמוה"ר מנשה ... דראסברג שלום וברכה
Date on top of f. 97r, partially illegible: 21 ... ｢5｣669 (1908/1909).
Colophon:ff. 99r-111vTitle: באור סדר עולם רבהTitle: Beʾur Seder ʿolam rabahUnpublished.
Autograph.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the early 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lines notebook.Extent: 111 folios (111+i)Dimensions (leaf): 158 × 99 mm.Dimensions (written): 132 × 83 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Good condition.
Layout
Columns:1
Numerous corrections, additions in the margins.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the early 20th century. Copied by Menasseh Grossberg.
Decoration
Additions:Ff. 110-111: two fragments of leaves added to the collation, with Grossberg's handwriting.
Binding
Post-1600, red cloth binding. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1908-1909 England?Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1776; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 June 1932.
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_10125 (digital images currently unavailable)
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