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Or 9976
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- Format:
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- Or 9976
- Title:
- Notes and homilies on the Bible
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 160 folios (i+160+ii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9976 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9976
Notes and homilies on the Bible
Contents
A collection of notes and homilies on the Bible.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-160vTitle: דרושיםTitle: DerushimContains: homiletic commentaries on the weekly Torah portions, Le-Maʿalat ha-Teshuvah (on the value of repentance), Le-Maʿalat ha-Ḥokhmah (on the value of wisdom) etc. Also contains homiletical explanations of the Bible and of Rabbinical aggadot.
With constant reference to the Yalḳuṭ.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 114).Extent: 160 folios (i+160+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 180 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, ink stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling (outer lines) are visible.
Marginal notes often run parallel with the spine in the inner and/or outer margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental/Sefardi semi-cursive and cursive script of the 18th-19th century.
Binding
BM in-house.
Title on spine: 'Commentaries on Bible. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9976.'
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on f. 1r: זה הספר שלי ... אני הצעיר שמואל שלם נר"ו
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 27; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 7 July 1927.
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_9976 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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