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Or 10660
- Record Id:
- 032-003409246
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100057762670.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10660
- Title:
- Scientific miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003409246
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 123 folios (i+123+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10660 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1400-1599
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10660
Scientific miscellany
Contents
A collection of scientific works.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 15th-16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 123 folios (i+123+i)Binding
Post-1600, green textile binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '56 צורת הארץ - תכונה - אלפרגאני ולשון הזהב'.
History
Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 56; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 July 1927.
I
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-63vTitle: צורת הארץTitle: Tsurat ha-aretsAstronomical treatise.
With diagrams.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: scales in circle (e.g. ff. 8-9).Extent: 63 foliosDimensions (leaf): 210 × 143 mm.Dimensions (written): 135 × 79 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Condition
Water damage, usage stains.
Ff. 1-2 and have been fixed.
F. 35 is damaged, seems to have been exposed to more wear than the surrounding leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 25
Written lines: 25
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 16th century.
Decoration
Additions:Note on f. 1r, upper margin: ' E.D. Munster p.21.'
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1500-1599 16th centuryProvenance
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 64r-84vTitle: פרוש הלכות קדוש החודש שבמשנה תורהTitle: Perush hilkhot Ḳidush ha-ḥodesh sheba-Mishneh torahIncipit: מחפה חכמי יון וכן בפירושו למשניות בלשון ערב עיר"ש מה שנזכרTreatise on the calendar composed at Palermo.
Colophon: ונשלם חבורו במדינת פלרם דבאי סקליא יום ראש חדש אלול שנת הקעח ליצירהPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: hand with a flower on top (e.g. ff. 64, 67).Extent: 21 folios (ff. 64-84)Dimensions (leaf): 209 × 142 mm.Dimensions (written): 142 × 88 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 1417-1418Provenance
III
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 85r-112rTitle: קצור ספר אלפרגאניTitle: Ḳitsur sefer al-FarganiIncipit: זה הספר נקרא אלפרגני על שם מחברו והוא לקוח על דרך הקצור מספר אמגסטי להודיע תכונת הגלגולים ומהלכי הכוכבים ידיעת קבלה ואני יעקב ב"ר אבא ב"ר שמעון העתקתי אותו מפי נוצרי אחד ודקדקתי אותו מלשון הערב.A compendium of Ptolemy's Almagest.
Translated from Arabic by Yaʿaḳov ben Aba ben Shimeʿon.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, ring with crown on top (ff. 85, 91, 94).Extent: 28 folios (ff. 85-112)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 142 mm.Dimensions (written): 134 × 94 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Water damage, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 23
Written lines: 23
Uniform layout.
Ruling is visible.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th-16th century.
History
Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th centuryProvenance
IV
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 113r-123vTitle: לשון הזהבTitle: Leshon ha-zahavIncipit: לשון הזהב למוהסן ורבי הה"ר יצחק אבן אל אחדבTreatise on the weights and measures mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: hand with a flower on top (e.g. ff. 120, 122)Extent: 11 folios (ff. 113-123)Dimensions (leaf): 209 × 141 mm.Dimensions (written): 142 × 87 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Either catchword or the last word of the verso is repeated on the following recto.
Condition
Water damage, worm damage, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th centuryProvenance
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).Availability
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Surrogates
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