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Or 11119

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032-003418013
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Or 11119
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
152 folios (ii+152+iii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11119 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 11119

Miscellany

Contents

Rules of ritual slaughter and liturgical poems.

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 15th-16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 152 folios (ii+152+iii)
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Hilkhoth Sheḥiṭah. Hebrew & Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,119.'.

History

Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of E. A. Morris. 13 July 1929'; date of accession 22 July 1929.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-108v
Title: הלכות שחיטה
Title: Hilkhot sheḥiṭah
Incipit: באלהים הללנו כל היום ושמך לעולם נודה סלה

In Hebrew with Judeo-Arabic commentary.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 108 folios (ff. 1-108)
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 20

Written lines: 20

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 15th-16th century; partially vocalised.

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 109r-131v
Title: Liturgical poems
Incipit: וגבריאל לסני אל שהוא נותן כל טוב...
Explicit: ועליכם יתקיים מהרא שכתוב יי אלהיכם - הרבה

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 20 folios (ff. 109-128)
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 145 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Bifolios on guards.

Catchword on the verso sides.

Condition

Usage stains, dirt, iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Written lines: 22 23

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 15th-16th century; partially vocalised.

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 129r-131v
Title: Liturgical poems
Incipit: אתחיל לכתוב...

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 3 folios (ff. 129-131)
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 130 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, dirt, some parts are illegible.

F. 131 is very damaged, its upper part is missing.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 15th-16th century; partially vocalised.

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 132r-135v
Title: אחד מי יודע
Title: Eḥad mi yodeʿa

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 132-135)
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Leaves, bifolios on guards.

Condition

Usage stains

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 20

Written lines: 20

Given dimensions are the dimensions of ff. 1-108. Ff. 109-152:

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square script of the 15th-16th century; partially vocalised.

History

Provenance

Remains of a dry stamp on ff. 133 and 135: 'Gov[ernor] of Bombay' (?).

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic

ff. 136r-152v
Title: Fragments

Fragments from various liturgical and halakhical manuscripts. They are yet to be identified.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 17 folios (ff. 136-152)
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Leaves, bifolios on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, faded text.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Various Hebrew square scripts.

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).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11119 (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. 161.

Funding of Cataloguing

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