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Or 2685
Title:
Samaritan Torah scroll fragment
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
1 membrane and a fragment of a second one
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
Era:
CE
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Or 2685

Samaritan Torah scroll fragment

Contents

A fragment of a Samaritan Torah scroll containing Exodus 12:14-25:9.

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1r-1v
Title: ספר תורה שומרוני (שמות, קטע)
Title: Sefer Torah Shomroni (Shemot, ḳeṭaʿ)

Physical Description

Fragment of a parchment scroll of the 14th-15th century.
Form: scroll
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 membrane and a fragment of a second one
Dimensions (leaf): 410 × 952 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, stiff parchment .

Layout

Columns:6

Written lines: 82

First membrane contains 4 columns, second 2 columns.

Hand(s)

Samaritan script of the 14th-15th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Inscriptions in Arabic and in Samaritan on the verso side.

Binding

Boxed.

History

Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on the verso side: 'Bt of Yakub al-Shalabi 9 Nov. 1883'.

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).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2685 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Margoliouth, G. Descriptive List of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1893), p. 93.
    Crown, Alan David,A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library.(London: British Library, 1998), no. 172.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL