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Or 5398
- Record Id:
- 032-003410485
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003410485
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059011670.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 5398
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003410485", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 5398: Miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003410485
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003410485
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 38 folios (i+38+i)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5398 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1400-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 5398
Miscellany
Contents
Fragments of ethical and other writings.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 15th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 38 folios (i+38+i)Additions:On ff. 5r, 8v, 9r and 15r remains of a red oval seal?
Binding
Post-1600, half-bound with blue marble paper covers.
Title on spine: 'Miscellanea. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR 5398'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1400-1799 15th-18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Cairo Genizah?
Acquistion note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Purchased from S. Raffalowich July 12. 1898; date of accession August 1898.
I
Contents
Fragments of ethical and other writings.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-1vTitle: פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (יומא ד:ו-ה:א)Title: Perush ha-Mishnah la-Rambam (Yoma 4:6-5:1)Language(s): Judeo-ArabicIn Judeo-Arabic.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 1 folioDimensions (leaf): 168 × 127 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
On guard.
Condition
Lower margin is damaged, loss of text. Usage stains.
Folded.
Layout
Columns:1
Leaf is folded to fit into the binding. Text runs perpendicular to the spine in the current binding/
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 15th century.
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th century YemenProvenance
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 2r-5rTitle: אגרת יהושע בן נון (קטע)Title: Igeret Yehoshuaʿ bin Nun (ḳeṭaʿ)Colophon:ff. 5r-8vTitle: אגרת ר’ יהושע בן לויTitle: Igeret R. Yehoshuaʻ ben LeṿiIncipit: מעשה בר יהושע בן לוי ז"ל כשנכנס לגןColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 4 folios (ff. 5-8)Dimensions (leaf): 85 × 75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage, loss of text in places.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 15 16
Uniform layout.
Some corrections.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 17th-18th century.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century YemenProvenance
III
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic
ff. 9r-16vTitle: צמח צדיקTitle: Tsemaḥ tsadiḳIncipit: הקדמת המחברF. 9v: ... עבדים לאדוני שלמה חיים ובנו אברהם חבר טוב יצ"ו
Extracts from Tsemaḥ tsadiḳ together with aggadot and their commentaries. In Hebrew and Aramaic.
Ff. 12v-13v: משל על התרנגול.
Incomplete and the correct order of the leaves is unclear.
Colophon: צמח צדיק - ... לבקשת כמ"ר שלמה חיים ובנו אברהם חבר טוב יצ"ו [על] ידי זאבנוטי דניאל ובביתו שנת השמ"ס ליצירה פה צנעא ונעתק בראש חדש תמוז בשנתהש"א(!) ליצירה f. 16rPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 8 folios (ff. 9-16)Dimensions (leaf): 125 × 85 mm.Dimensions (written): 110 × 80 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
No catchwords.
Condition
Damaged leaves.
Usage stains, water damage, tears.
Layout
Columns:1
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century; partially vocalised.
Decoration
Title page in full border with ink decoration (f. 15v).
Additions:History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century YemenProvenance
IV
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 18r-37vTitle: הלכות שחיטה ובדיקהTitle: Hilkhot sheḥiṭah u-vediḳahFragments from various manuscripts.
Colophon: אני הצעיר זכריא בן יוסף יש"ל כתב מו’ יחיא אצאהרי בספר הענק שלו בפרק עשירי מהלכות שחיטה הלכה ואין להוסיף על טריפות ... f. 34rColophon: וכתב החכם ... כמה"ר אזולאי נר"ו f. 36vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 20 folios (ff. 18-37)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
Condition
Usage stains.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square and semi-cursive scripts of the 18th-19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance
Ownership inscription(?) on f. 37r: דוד בן שלום
V
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 38r-38vTitle: פזמונים למוצאי שבתTitle: Pizmonim le-motse ShabatIncipit: חדש ששוני אל נא והניא את אליהוColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 1 folio (f. 38)Dimensions (leaf): 115 × 78 mm.Dimensions (written): 80 × 50 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Leaf on guard.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 13 14
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 18th-19th century; superlinear vocalisation.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century YemenProvenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5398 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. p. 154.Funding of Cataloguing
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