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Or 12293
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- Or 12293
- Title:
- Sharh Maʿani Surat al-ʿArut by Pinḥas ben Yitsḥaḳ ha-Kohen
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 58 folios (ii+58+iv)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
Samaritan - Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- 1912-1913
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
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Or 12293
Sharh Maʿani Surat al-ʿArut by Pinḥas ben Yitsḥaḳ ha-Kohen
Contents
Language(s): Arabic, Arabic
ff. 1v-58rTitle: שרח מעני סורט אל ערותTitle: Sharh Maʿani Surat al-ʿArutCrown: This text, which was composed by the scribe of this manuscript in the late 19th century, may be derived from Adu ʿl-Hasan al-Suri's writings as other versions of the same work make substantial reference to the Kitab al-Tabbakh.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Ff. 1-19: paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: three crescents with eight-pointed star in them. In the stars the letters SM (e.g. ff. 13, 19). Ff. 20-58: paper with laid lines and chain lines, no watermark visible.Extent: 58 folios (ii+58+iv)Dimensions (leaf): 212/243 × 171/182 mm.Dimensions (written): 135 × 78 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
7 quires: i-ii10 (blank leaf 9 + ff. 1-9, 10-19), iii10-2 (ff. 20-27), iv-v10 (ff. 28-37, 38-47), vi8 (ff. 48-55), vii6 (ff. 56-58 + blank leaves).
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
A few usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 18
Written lines: 18
Uniform layout.
Wide margins.
Hand(s)
Arabic and Samaritan script of the 20th century; black and red ink.
Binding
Post-1600, light blue buckram binding. In flap case.
History
Origin: 1912-1913 West Bank (Shechem)Provenance and Acquisition
M. Gaster's note on front flyleaf (ii)r: 'ס' עדיות by Pinchas b. Father of Abasha(?) who made the copy & brought it to me Aug. 913 M.G.'
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1182; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 December 1931.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12293 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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. 151.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.97.Allony, N. and D. S. Loewinger, Catalogue of Microfilms in the Institute of Hebrew Microfilms from the British Museum: Gaster Collection (Jerusalem, 1960), p. 96, no. 1011.Noja, Sergio, 'Abu al-Hasan al-Suri's Discourses on the Forbidden Degrees of Consanguinity in Marriage in the Samaritan Kitab al-Tabbah.' Abr-Nahrain 11 (1971), pp. 110–115.Shunnar, Zuhair, Katalogue Samaritanischer Handschriften I (Berlin: R. Seitz, 1974), p. 90, no. 53.Bóid, I. R. M.,Principles of Samaritan Halakhah: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity.(Leiden: Brill, 1989).Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library. (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 46.Funding of Cataloguing
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