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Or 12273
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12273
- Title:
- Shirot ṿe-tushbaḥot
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 42 folios (i+42+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12273 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12273
Shirot ṿe-tushbaḥot
Contents
A collection of poems and praises.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-40rTitle: שירות ותושבחות : דיואן תימניTitle: Shirot ṿe-tushbaḥot: diṿan TemanIncipit: אתחיל לכתוב שירות ותושבחותPiyuṭim which are not found in the Divan of Shalem Shabazi.
Ff. 41v-42r: a fragment from the Book of Esther (1:1-2:14); text running parallel to the spine. F. 40v bears the imprint of the text from f. 41v. These leaves were most probably used in the binding.
Colophon:Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 42 folios (i+42+i)Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 65 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Collation
Side-sewn leaves.
Condition
Collation is very loose, falling apart, almost entirely detached from covers.
Stiff and thick parchment leaves.
Leaves have been treated.
F. 40r is a paper leaf stuck on top of a parchment leaf.
Layout
Columns:1
Oblong format.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square scripts of the 18th century. At least two different hands.
Decoration
A few simple ink decorations on f. 1r.
Binding
Post-1600, black cloth binding.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century YemenProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 669; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 September 1929.
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_12273 (digital images currently unavailable)
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