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Or 10817
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- Or 10817
- Title:
- Fragments
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 15 folios (iv+15+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10817 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Italian
Yiddish - Scripts:
- Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10817
Fragments
Contents
A collection of fragments in Hebrew, Italian, and Yiddish.
Language(s): Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 15 folios (iv+15+iii)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Binding
Post-1600.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'קובץ 1251'.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1251; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 31 December 1931.
I
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Italian
ff. 1r-5rTitle: י"ג עיקרי האמונה להרמב"ם עם תרגום לאיטלקיתTitle: 13 iḳare ha-emunah ʿim targum le-iṭalḳitColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 5 foliosDimensions (leaf): 182/190 × 130/135 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruling in pencil is visible.
Hebrew text is on the right side in Hebrew square script, Italian is on the left side in Latin cursive script.
Hand(s)
Hebrew square and Latin cursive script of the 18th-19th century.
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 6r-8vTitle: יחודים וכוונותTitle: Yiḥudim ṿe-ḳaṿanotIncipit: כזה יוד הי ויו היColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 3 folios (ff. 6-8)Dimensions (leaf): 187 × 135 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, dirt.
Layout
Columns:1
Hand(s)
Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
III
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 9r-12vTitle: קטע מתוך דרשות לפרשיות השבוע, פרשת לך לךTitle: Ḳeṭa mitokh Derashot le-Farashiyot ha-shavuʿa, Parashat Lekh lekhaColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 4 folios (ff. 9-12)Dimensions (leaf): 205/210 × 138 mm.Dimensions (written): 160/175 × 105 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
4 unfoliated blank leaves after f. 12.
Collation
Catchwords in some of the pages.
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Ruling in hard point is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
IV
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew, Yiddish
ff. 13r-14rTitle: י"ג עיקרי האמונה להרמב"ם עם תרגום ופרוש לאידישTitle: 13 iḳare ha-emunah leha-Rambam ʿim targum u-ferush le-yidishAt the end the monogram 'LBP' in a decorated cartouche.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 2 folios (ff. 13-14)Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 138 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Hebrew is written in square script, Yiddish is written in cursive script.
Hand(s)
In Ashkenazi cursive and square script; partially vocalised.
V
Contents
Language(s): Yiddish, Hebrew
f. 15rTitle: קטע מהגדה של פסח עם תרגום לאידישTitle:A fragment of the Passover Hagadah with Yiddish translation.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 1 folio (f. 15)Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 170 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, folding lines, ink stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 13
Hebrew is written in square script, Yiddish is written in cursive script.
Hand(s)
In Ashkenazi cursive and square script; partially vocalised.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10817 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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