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Or 10730

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Or 10730
Title:
Hebrew fragments from Yemen
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
12 folios of various sizes
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10730 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
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Or 10730

Hebrew fragments from Yemen

Contents

A collection of Hebrew manuscript fragments from Yemen.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-1v
Title: מעשה רבינו הקדוש ואנטונינוס
Title: Maʿaśeh Rabenu ha-Ḳadosh ṿe-Anṭoninos

Cf. Babylonian Talmud Avodah Zarah ff. 10r-10v. With an Arabic translation (in Hebrew script) and a commentary.

Filiation:

For another leaf from the same manuscript, see London, BL, Or 12306, f. 4.

ff. 2r-2v
Title: שלחן ערוך (יורה דעה, סי’ סט-עג)
Title: Shulḥan ʿarukh (Yoreh deʿah 69-73)

ff. 3r-3v
Title: פרוש התורה על דרך ההלכה (דברים כא:יב-כא:כב)
Title: Perush ha-Torah ʿal derekh ha-ḳabalah (Devarim 21:12-21:22)

Quotes Maimonides: וקאל ר’ משה ז"ל.

References

ב"מ לוין, רמב"ם-קובץ תורני, תרפ"ה עמ’ 101-145.
ff. 4r-11v
Author: סעדיה בן יוסף אלפיומי Saʿadia ben Joseph, 882-942
Title: תרגום ערבי לתורה (במדבר, קטעים)
Title: Targum ʿaravi la-Torah (ba-Midbar, ḳetaʿim)

ff. 12r-12v
Title: Rabbinical fragment

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 12 folios of various sizes
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 300 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Foliated FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

Collation

Fragments are in melinex.

Condition

Layout

Columns:1 2

Given dimensions are the dimension of the melinex sleeves. Size of the fragments varies.

Hand(s)

Yemenite Hebrew square scripts of the 15th century.

Binding

Blue postbinder of melinex sleeves.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 Ca. 15th century Yemen?

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1388; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 26 November 1928.

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).

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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10730 (digital images currently unavailable)

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