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Or 10315

Record Id:
032-003411289
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Or 10315
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
22 folios (i+20+iii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10315 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1700-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Eliezer Landau
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118044667,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90633023
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118044667,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90633023
Moses Hayyim ben Raphael Immanuel Hai Ricchi
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10315

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of various works.

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 22 folios (i+20+iii)

Binding

Post-1600, green cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'גורלות 356 112'.

History

Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 112 and 356; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 16 September 1927.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-8v
Title: מלאכת עשית חומץ מיין
Title: Melekhet ʿaśiyat ḥomets mi-yayin

A cure for diarrhea; at the end: רפואת השלשול.

Ff. 2r-3r: a list of books with prices.

F. 8v: list of goods with prices from the year 5632 (1871/2).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 8 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 8 leaves.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 19th century.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 9r-16v
Author: עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן (מיוחס לו) Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164 (attributed to him)
Title: ספר הגורלות
Title: Sefer ha-Goralot

F. 9r: ספר פוקח עורים והוא ספר גורלות מהחכם אבן עזרא.

Copied from the printed edition of Amsterdam 5541 (1780/1).

With Modaʿah Rabah by Moses Hayyim ben Raphael Immanuel Hai Ricchi.

F. 10r is the title page, with the Gaster number 112.

Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 8 folios (ff. 9-16)
Dimensions (leaf): 122 × 99 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Ff. 10-16: a single quire of 8 leaves. F. 10 comprises two uncut leaves.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

F. 9 is a much larger leaf folder multiple times.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century. Ff. 9r-9v: written by a different hand.

History

Origin: 1780-1899 Late 18th century - 19th century

Provenance

Ownership inscription on f. 9r: נתן בעלין.

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 17v-18r
Title: התרי שחיטה בעד שלמה בן ראובן כהן
Title: Hetere sheḥiṭah beʿad Shelomoh ben Reʾuven Kohen

F. 17v: שלמה יצ"ו בכה"ר ראובן כהן יצ"ו.

The first license was issued in Hamadān המדאן in 5600 (18439/40); the second license was issued by Eliezer Landau in 5611 (1850/1851): אליעזר לנדא נין ונכד להגאון בה[מ"ח] ספר נודע ביאודא ... איש ירושלים שנת תאיר בישליחות בעיר בעלגאריט.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 17-18)
Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive scripts of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Jerusalem (Israel) and Hamadān (Iran)

Provenance

Black stamp of Eliezer Landa on f. 18r: הצעיר אליעזר לנדא מירושלים .

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

ff. 19r-20v
Title: התרי שחיטה בעד צורף דוד חיים בן אברהם יצחק
Title: Hetere sheḥiṭah beʿad Tsoref Daṿid Ḥayim ben Avraham Yitsḥaḳ

The licenses were issued for Daṿid Ḥayim ben Avraham Yitsḥaḳ Tsoref (צורף).

The first one was issued by the shoḥeṭ of Verona Yeḥiel ben Menaḥem Kalbi (יחיאל בכמ"ר מנחם כלבי) in 5548 (1787/8); the second one was issued by Yosef ben Shimeon Marini (יוסף בכמ"ר שמעון מאריני ס"ט)

ff. 21v-22v
Title: הלכות שחיטה
Title: Hilkhot sheḥitah
Language(s): Italian

In Italian interspered with Hebrew.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 19-20)
Dimensions (leaf): 156 × 111 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 14 leaves. There are 9 unfoliated blank leaves between ff. 20 and 21. Two of these leaves are have been cut and only their stubs remained.

Condition

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script and Latin script of the 18th century.

History

Origin: 1787-1788 Italy (Verona)

Provenance

Additional Information

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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