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Or 12255
- Record Id:
- 032-003410021
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12255
- Title:
- Ets ḥayim by Jacob ben Jehudah Ḥazan of London (modern copy)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003410021
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 109 folios (ii+109+ii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12255 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Hebrew - Scripts:
- Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12255
Ets ḥayim by Jacob ben Jehudah Ḥazan of London (modern copy)
Contents
A compendium of Jewish law and customs.
Language(s): Hebrew, English
ff. 1r-109vTitle: עץ חייםTitle: ʻEts ḥayimA copy of the Leipzig manuscript made from the copy owned by Herman Adler.
A name in Gaster's handlist states that the copist was a certain Spira. There are however two distinct hands.
F. 12v: A fragment of a letter addressed to Baron von Hügel, in English, dated 23 February 1893.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th-20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lined paper.Extent: 109 folios (ii+109+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 196/225 × 156/179 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel pagination in ink by the scribes; not continuous, but restarts at every new section. Ff. 32-95 have parallel foliation 122-185. Ff. 96-100 have Hebrew foliation.
First four folios are missing according to the pagination.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains, folding lines.
Some tears.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Layout is not uniform.
Size of leaves varies.
Hand(s)
Hebrew square and cursive script of the 19th-20th century.
Ff. 32-95: neat, small square script of the 20th century.
Ff. 1-31 and 95-109: Ashkenazi cursive script of the late 19th - early 20th century.
Binding
Post-1600, light blue cloth binding.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1072; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 November 1931.
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
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12255 (digital images currently unavailable)
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