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Or 10704

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Or 10704
Title:
Metsaḥ Aharon by Aharon Garish
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
114 folios (i+114)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10704 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Garish, Aharon, rabbi and poet, fl 16th century
Garish, Aharon, rabbi and poet, fl 16th century
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10704

Metsaḥ Aharon by Aharon Garish

Contents

Commentary on Leviticus.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-114r
Author: גריש, אהרן בן יצחק Garish, Aharon
Title: מצח אהרן (דברים): פרוש ספר דברים על דרך הדרוש
Title: Metsaḥ Aharon (Devarim): perush sefer Devarim ʿal derekh ha-derush

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

Cf. Oxford, Bodleian, MS Bodley Or. 60 (https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/660b2033-43bf-4c97-a2d4-55f5ac5c26c6).

ff. 17r-1r
Title: פרשת אלה הדברים
ff. 42r-17r
Title: פרשת ואתחנן
ff. 55v-42r
Title: פרשת עקב
ff. 63v-56r
Title: פרשת ראה
ff. 72v-64r
Title: פרשת שופטים
ff. 84v-73r
Title: פרשת כי תצא
ff. 95r-85r
Title: פרשת והיה כי תבוא
f. 95v
Title: פרשת ראה
ff. 104v-96r
Title: פרשת נצבים
ff. 109v-105r
Title: פרשת האזינו
ff. 114r-110r
Title: פרשת וזאת הברכה

References

נ’ אילן, פרוש מצח אהרן על התורה (ירושלים, תשמ"ז).

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 35, 63, 70).
Extent: 114 folios (i+114)
Dimensions (leaf): 192 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160/170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves.

Catchword on almost every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, smudged ink, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Uniform layout.

Running title.

Ruling in pencil (vertical lines) is visible.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) semi-cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.

Binding

Post-1600, leather binding. Boxed.

Label on spine is incomplete: 'מצ[ח] אהרן ד[...] - תרעג'.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on front flyleaf (i)r and f. 33r: ... חי משה פיגוטו.

Signature(?) in the upper margin on f. 90r.

Note on f. 114r.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 930; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 April 1930.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Bibliography

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