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Or 10721
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- Tsurat ha-ʾarets by Abraham bar Hiyya and other works
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- Extent:
- 64 folios (iv+64)
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- Start Date:
- 1400
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- 1499
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10721
Tsurat ha-ʾarets by Abraham bar Hiyya and other works
Contents
Summary of Contents: Abraham bar Hiyya's treatise on cosmography and astronomy; a tract on precious stones, and a tract on the curative properties of the eagle.Language(s): Hebrew
f. 1rTitle: תורת אמת אמוןTitle: Torat ʾemet imunAbove the poem: משקל תשובה על רמב"ן עשאו מורי רבי החכם הכולל כה"ר זכריה כהן צדק נ"ע.
Colophon:ff. 2r-55rTitle: צורת הארץTitle: Tsurat ha-ʾaretsWith diagrams.
Colophon: נשלמתי זה הספר צורת הארץ אני יוסף בכ"ר סעדיה אבן חיים תנוח נפשו בצרור החיים f. 54vff. 56r-56vTitle: Fragments of a biblical commentariesIncipit: חכמות בחוץ תרונה ברחובות תתן קולה בראש הומיות תקראAfter the biblical quotation (Proverbs 1:20-21): לשון רבי יוסף קמחי ז"ל בפירוש משלי.
Below the main text on f. 56v: added note by a different hand.
Colophon:ff. 57r-61vTitle: ספר העושרTitle: Sefer ha-ʾosherIncipit: אלה שמות האבנים וסגולותם ללשונותם בארצותם בגוייהםTranslated by Yaʿaḳov ben Reʾuven.
Colophon:ff. 61v-62rTitle: כחות הנשר וסגולותיוTitle: Koḥot ha-nesher ṿe-segulotaṿIncipit: תקח הנשר בחייה ותקשרנה בביתך ב' ימים ג' כדי לקבל מצואתה ואחרColophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: triple mount with a cross on top (e.g. ff. 7-8, 31-32).Extent: 64 folios (iv+64)Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 145 × 94 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink starting on f. 2 = f. א.
Collation
8 quires: i4, ii-v12 (ff. 2-13, 14-25, 26-37, 38-49), vi10 (ff. 50-55), vii2-1 (f. 56), viii8 (ff. 57-63). Quires i, vi and viii include unfoliated leaves.
Condition
Water damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 28 38
Written lines: 28 38
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Ruling in hard point is visible in places.
With some marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Byzantine Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 15th century. Scribe: Joseph ben Seʿadyah Ibn Ḥayyim.
Decoration
Diagrams on ff. 14v, 17v, 21v, 24v, 26v, 27v, 29r, 32v, 36v, 37v, 38v, 55r.
Additions:Contents in ink on front flyleaf (ii)r, and in pencil added by M. Gaster on front flyleaf (iii)r.
Pen trials, scribbles on front flyleaves (i)v, (ii)r and (ii)v.
Note on f. 63v: י"ד דפי כתב לי וואלף מהכיאורי ... ושכרו י"ד... ר' ח' אלול רצו שנשארין חייב לו.
F. 64v, originally back pastedown, 'binder's waste': text in two columns beginning with Job 34:2: שמעו חכמים מלי ויודעים האזינו לי....
Binding
Late 15th-century brown leather binding; blind-tooled, with metal bosses and remains of a strap. Boxed.
Front flyleaf (i) and f. 64 - both are parchment leaves - used to be the pastedowns of the binding.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '714 צורת הארץ - סק העושר שמות האבנים - כוחות הנשר'. Another, earlier label on front cover: 'Kat. 11, No. 201'.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription by Meshalem ben Shemayah on front flyleaf (iv)v, f. 1r: משלם בן שמעיה
Partially illegible signature on front flyleaf (ii)v, upside down: '...di Sargero Caserdotto'?
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 714; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 November 1929.
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_10721 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Beltran de Guevara, Mariluz and Zoe Miller, 'The conservation of two late medieval Hebrew manuscripts', online blog post: http://blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare/2014/11/the-conservation-of-two-late-medieval-hebrew-manuscripts-.htmlFunding of Cataloguing
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