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Or 3393

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Or 3393
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch (Numbers) commentary in Arabic (fragment)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
74 folios (ii+74+iii)
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Languages:
Arabic
Samaritan
Scripts:
Arabic
Samaritan
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Names:
Yakub al-Shalabi
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Or 3393

Samaritan Pentateuch (Numbers) commentary in Arabic (fragment)

Contents

A fragment of a Samaritan Pentateuch (Numbers) commentary.

Language(s): Arabic, Samaritan

ff. 1r-74v
Title: פרוש התורה השומרונית (במדבר): קטעים
Title: Perush ha-Torah ha-Shomronit (Ba-midbar): ḳeṭaʿim

Contains commentary on Numbers 8 - 27.

The scribe Yosef ben Avraham ben Abdallah ben Yafet (יוסף בן אברהם בן עבדאללה בן יפת) seems to be the author.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Yellowish Oriental paper.
Extent: 74 folios (ii+74+iii)
Dimensions (leaf): 281 × 181 mm.
Dimensions (written): 185 × 112 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, worm damage, margins of the leaves are damaged.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Arabic and Samaritan script of the 16th century; in black and red ink. Scribe: Joseph ben Abraham ben Abd Allah ben Japhet, Munis family.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house; blue marble paper pastedowns.

Title on spine: 'Comm. on Pentateuch. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 3393.'

History

Origin: 1500-1599 1st half of the 16th century (Crown: ca. 1516)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bt of Yakub al-Shalabī, 26 Nov. 1886'; date of accession January 1887.

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: British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_3393 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David,A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library.(London: British Library, 1998), no. 31.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL