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Or 11641

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032-003418135
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Or 11641
Title:
Maʿasiyot ʿal Yaʿaḳov Avinu
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
63 folios (i+63+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11641 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
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Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 11641

Maʿasiyot ʿal Yaʿaḳov Avinu

Contents

A collection of tales concerning the Patriarch Jacob and Joseph and brothers.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-63v
Title: מעשיות על יעקב אבינו
Title: Maʿaśiyot ʿal Yaʿaḳov Avinu

Title on f. 1r: מעשה יעקב אבינו ויוסף ...

Marginal notes in Oriental cursive script (e.g. ff. 27r, 38r, 48r).

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 63 folios (i+63+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 104 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable due to tight binding.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage, dirt, water damage, ink stains.

Slight iron gall ink corrosion.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 12 15

Left margins are not justified.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Maʿaśīyōth. Jud.-Arab. Brit. Mus. OR. 11,641.'

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought of AS Yehudah on 12 November 1937; date of accession 21 January 1938.

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 Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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