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Or 12315

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032-003397995
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12315
Title:
Legal Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
31 folios (iii+31+xxvii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Asher ben Jehiel, 1250-1327
Asher ben Jehiel, 1250-1327
Daṿid Mosheh Shimshon ben Yehudah (attributed to him)
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
דוד משה שמשון בן יהודה (מחבר משוער)
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Or 12315

Legal Miscellany

Contents

A collection of responsa and other halakhical works by various authors.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Compoite paper codex of the 16th-17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 31 folios (iii+31+xxvii)

Binding

BL in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Legal Miscellany. Hebrew. Brit. Lib. OR. MS. 12315'.

M. Gaster's label is fixed onto front flyleaf (iii)v: '1237 חידושים'.

History

Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1237; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 18 December 1931.

I

Contents

ff. 1r-20v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author: אדרת, שלמה בן אברהם אבן Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Title: חדושי הרשב"א (בבא קמא סו-צה)
Title: Ḥidushe ha-Rashbaʾ (Bava ḳamaʾ 66-95)

Novellae on Tractate Bava Ḳamaʿ of the Babylonian Talmud.

Catchword on f. 10v does not match f. 11r.

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle with star on top (e.g. f. 12).
Extent: 20 folios (ff. 1-20)
Dimensions (leaf): 276 × 198 mm.
Dimensions (written): 217 × 149 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Earlier foliation (ff. 58-79) in black ink shows that it was part of another manuscript.

Collation

Leaves/bifolios on guards.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage, water damage.

Text is faded and places, and hardly illegible.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Justified left margins.

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 16th-17th century.

History

Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century

Provenance

II

Contents

ff. 21r-24v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author: אשר בן יחיאל Asher ben Jehiel, approximately 1250-1327
Title: שאלות ותשובות הרא"ש
Title: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot ha-Rashbaʾ
Incipit: שאירע בכאן בקורדווא מאורע קשה עד מאד אשר כל שומעיו תצילנה אוניוי והוא

Contains kelal 17:8, kelal 18:1-kelal 19:10. F. 21v הכלל הי"ח - דיני גוים וערכאותיהם וערבותם ונאמנותם.... From kelal 18, simanim 5-9 and 12 are missing. F. 24 contains kelal 19:3-6.

Lacuna between ff. 23 and 24.

F. 21r: בעיר הנזכר העולה ר' יהודה שצ' בר יצחק בן הקאר ושחרו בממון לפי הנראה ותבעו מן התפסר הגדול דון ג'ואן מנואל

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (hand or comb??) (f. 22), cicle (f. 23).
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 21-24)
Dimensions (leaf): 278 × 202 mm.
Dimensions (written): 195/210 × 135 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Leaves/bifolios on guards.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion, loss of text in places.

Leaves have been fixed (lamination).

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 28

Written lines: 28

Uniform layout.

Justified left margins.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

Provenance

III

Contents

ff. 25r-25v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author: דוד משה שמשון בן יהודה (מחבר משוער) Daṿid Mosheh Shimshon ben Yehudah (attributed to him)
Title: שאלות ותשובות (קטע)
Title: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot (ḳeṭaʿ)

Fragment.

F. 25r, end of a responsum (column 1, lines 5-6): ולשון דוד משה שמשון בלא"א כה’ יהודא זלה"ה

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle.
Extent: 1 folio (f. 25)
Dimensions (leaf): 278 × 195 mm.
Dimensions (written): 240 × 155 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Leaf on guard.

Catchword on the verso side.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 41

Written lines: 41

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

Provenance

IV

Contents

ff. 26r-29v
Language(s): Hebrew
Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משה בן מימון
Title: משנה תורה (ספר משפטים, קטע)
Title: Mishneh Torah (Sefer mishpaṭim, ḳeṭaʿ)
Incipit: בה מפני שהוא כלוקח והאשה חייבת לשלם כשיהיה לה ממון ואם הודיעה את

Fragments. Lacunae both between ff. 27 and 28 and between 28 and 29..

ff. 26r-27v
Title: הלכות שאלה ופיקדון

Contains chapters 2:11-5:3.

ff. 28r-28v
Title: הלכות שאלה ופיקדון

Contains chapters 7:1-8:10.

ff. 29r-29v
Title: הלכות מלווה ולווה

Contains chapter 1:1.

Title in the manuscript: חלכות לוח ומלוח.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Thick oriental paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 26-29)
Dimensions (leaf): 265 × 196 mm.
Dimensions (written): 200 × 145 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Leaves on guards.

No catchwords.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, some part are hardly legible.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Byzantine Hebrew square script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

V

Contents

ff. 30r-31v
Language(s): Hebrew
Title: שאלות ותשובות
Title: Sheʾelot u-teshuvot
Incipit: שאלה כהיות ששלשה יהודים האשמו דוד כהן מתושבי קושטנדי'

Referring to an event that happened in 28 Iyar 471 or 509. The reference is at the end of the first paragraph on f. 30v: והיה זה יום רביעי שמנה ועשרים יום לחדש אייר שנת יקראני ואענהו לפ"ק". There is a dot over 'yiḳrani' which may indicate that only this word should be taken in consideration. Its numerical value is 471, that would give the date AM 5471, that is, 1710/11 CE. The other option is to take both words (יקראני ואענהו) in consideration, that would give the date AM ｢5｣509, that is, 1748/9.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 30-31)
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 96 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Catchword on ff. 30v and 31r.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Uniform layout.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 17th century.

History

Origin: 1710-1799 18th century (not before 1710)

Provenance

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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