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Tibat Marqeh (Memar Marḳah)
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Extent:
14 folios (i+14+i)
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Languages:
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Samaritan
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Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Marqah, fl 04th century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/256754650
Marqah, fl 04th century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/256754650
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Or 12296

Tibat Marqeh (Memar Marḳah)

Contents

Two fragments of the Tibat Marqeh/Sifr Faltayah, a Samaritan midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch.

Language(s): Samaritan, Arabic

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper.
Extent: 14 folios (i+14+i)

Binding

Post-1600, purple cloth binding.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Damascus?

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 883; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 September 1927.

I

Contents

Language(s): Samaritan, Arabic

ff. 1r-4v
Author: מרקֶה Marqeh (Marḳah)
Title: תיבת מרקֶה
Title: Tibat Marqeh

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

M. Gaster's note on f. 1r: '= 144b Cod. 825'; that is his manuscript no. 825, today held at the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper.
Extent: 4 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 117 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 4 leaves.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains, worm damage.

Some leaves have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

With Arabic notes.

Hand(s)

Samaritan majuscule script of the 15th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Samaritan, Arabic

ff. 5r-14v
Author: מרקֶה Marqeh (Marḳah)
Title: תיבת מרקֶה
Title: Tibat Marqeh

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

M. Gaster's note on f. 5r: '= f281 ff. Cod. 825'; that is his manuscript no. 825, today held at the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper.
Extent: 10 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 178 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains, worm damage.

Some leaves have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

With Arabic notes.

Hand(s)

Samaritan majuscule script of the 15th century.

Additional Information

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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Surrogates

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Bibliography

    For the text, see Macdonald, John, 'Memar Marqah (The Teaching of Marqah)' Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 83 (1963), 2 vols.
    For the text, see Ben-Hayyim, Z. Tibat Marqe: A Collection of Samaritan Midrashim (Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1988).
    Gaster, M., Catalogue of Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts, in the Gaster Collection, Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts [Photographic reproduction of entries for the British Museum (now British Library) manuscripts as extracted from the original Gaster Handlist), p. 110.
    Gaster, M., Handlist of Gaster Manuscripts held mostly in the British Library (formerly British Museum) London and in the John Rylands Library, Manchester [preface by Brad Sabin Hill (London, Hebrew Section, Oriental and India Office Collections, The British Library, 1995) (handlist, limited distribution), p. 69.
    Shunnar, Zuhair,Katalogue Samaritanischer Handschriften I.(Berlin: R. Seitz, 1974), no. 55.
    Crown, Alan David,A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library.(London: British Library, 1998), no. 28.

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