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Or 10438
- Record Id:
- 032-003394638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003394638
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055743020.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10438
- Title:
- Jewish liturgical poems
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003394638", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10438: Jewish liturgical poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003394638
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003394638
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 84 folios (i+84+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10438 (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 10438
Jewish liturgical poems
Contents
A collection of liturgical poems.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 84 folios (i+84+i)Binding
Post-1600, blue cloth binding. Most probably recycled binding.
Title on spine, upside down: 'ספר הליבות אורחן'; M. Gaster's label on spine (right way up): '1413 פיוטים - קנות'.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1413; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 10 February 1932.
I
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-12vTitle: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimIncipit: פיוטים לפסח לנשמתColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pale bluish-greyish paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 12 folios (ff. 1-12)Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 96 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Catchword on most pages.
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains.
Ff. 1, 5, and 12 have been fixed.
Layout
Columns:1
Number of written lines per page varies.
Left margin is not justified.
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 13r-15vTitle: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimLacuna between f. 14 and 15.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 3 folios (ff. 13-15)Dimensions (leaf): 173 × 108 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 82 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink; f. 13 = f. קסו; f. 14 = f. קסז; f. 15 = f. קפב.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage, dirt.
Torn leaves with loss of text: ff. 46, 63; marginal tears on ff. 59-61.
Layout
Columns:1
Running title.
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance
III
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 16r-21vTitle: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 6 folios (ff. 16-21)Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 104 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink; f. 16 = f. ב.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Some leaves have been fixed.
Liquid damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Running title.
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance
IV
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 22r-35vTitle: פיוטיםTitle: PiyuṭimLeaves are not in order, cf. earlier foliation.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 14 folios (ff. 22-35)Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 103 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Parallel foliation in ink: ff. 22-23 = ff. 293-294, ff. 24-25 = ff. 297-298, ff. 26-35 = ff. 280-289.
Collation
No catchword.
Condition
Usage stains, dirt, liquid damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive/cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance
Ownership inscription on f. 24v: חיים ן’ יוספ אבני[?.
V
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 36r-58vTitle: פיוטים וקינותTitle: Piyuṭim ṿe-ḳinotColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper, watermark: circle with spread eagle on top of crown (e.g. ff. 56, 57); countermark: 1832 (ff. 45, 49).Extent: 23 folios (ff. 36-58)Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 101 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Catchword on some pages.
Condition
Usage stains, dirt, liquid damage, ink stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Not uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive, cursive and square script of the 19th century.
History
Origin: 1832-1899 19th century (not before 1832)VI
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 59r-62vTitle: פיוטים וקינותTitle: Piyuṭim ṿe-ḳinotIncipit: תפלה מר' ישמעאל כהן גדול ע"הColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 4 folios (ff. 59-62)Dimensions (leaf): 179 × 103 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, dirt, water damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Not uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive, cursive and square script of the 19th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryVII
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 63r-84vTitle: קינותTitle: ḳinotIncomplete at the beginning and end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 22 folios (ff. 63-84)Dimensions (leaf): 178 × 106 mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains.
F. 63 is torn, loss of text.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Running title.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive, cursive and square script of the 19th century.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryAdditional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10438 (digital images currently unavailable)
Funding of Cataloguing
BL