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Or 11604

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032-003418872
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Or 11604
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
10 folios (vii+10+xv)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1475
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1475-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Averroës, 1126-1198
Averroës, 1126-1198
Ibn Tibon, Moses ben Samuel, 1200-1299
Ibn Tibon, Moses ben Samuel, 1200-1299
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 11604

Miscellany

Contents

Two fragments: Averroës' Middle commentary on Aristotle's De anima and novellae on the Mishneh Torah.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 15th-17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 10 folios (vii+10+xv)

Collation

Numerous modern blank leaves serving as fillers at the beginning and end.

2 quires: i6 (ff. 1-6), ii4 (ff. 7-10).

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Medical & Legal Fragments. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR. 11,604.'

History

Origin: 1475-1699 Late 15th century - 17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (xv)v: 'Presented by Eric Sexton 10 October 1936; date of accession 17 August 1936 (accession date is ealier than acquistion date?!).

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-6r
Author: אבן רשד, מחמד בן מחמד Averroës,‏ ‎ 1126-1198
Title: באור אמצעי על ספר הנפש של אריסטו
Title: Beʼur emtsaʻi ʻal sefer ha-nefesh shel Arisṭo
Incipit: זה הנה פעלו פעל כטל ר"ל שיהיו בטבע אלו המינים ולא הושמו

Middle commentary on Aristotle's De anima.

Translated by Mosheh ibn Tibon.

Colophon: כתבתי זה הספר אני יעקב בן החכם הרופא מאישתה יוסף קומינטו נ"ע וסיימתי בחדש ס אייר לששה ימים בו שנת חמשת אלפים ומאתים ושלשים וחמשה למ... פה פינה ... f. 6r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 3-4).
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Quire i.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Leaves are mounted. Margins are damaged, some loss of text.

Dirt, worm damage, fading. Traces of glue? - perhaps the fragment was found in a book binding?

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 15th century, in brown ink.

Decoration

Additions:

Marginal note in red on f. 6r beginning: אם השמים והארץ.

Numerous notes in Hebrew on f. 6v,

History

Origin: 1475 1475 Spain (Piña de Campos)

Provenance

Death record written by the scribe below the colophon on f. 6r: מאד גדל כאבי ...שממו רעיוני לבבי ביום שנפטרה ... אמי אלמנה אדוני אבי כשנה הנזכרת בחדש אדר .

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 7r-10v
Title: חדושים על משנה תורה לרמב"ם
Title: Ḥidushim ʿal Mishneh Torah la-Rambam

Novellae on Sefer Ḳedushah Hilkhot Maʾalakhot asurot and Sefer Ḳorbanot Hilkhot Bekhorot.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 7-10)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quire ii.

No catchword is visible on the fragment.

Condition

Leaves are mounted. Margins are damaged, some loss of text.

Dirt, worm damage. Traces of glue? - perhaps the fragment was found in a book binding?

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 36

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Sefardi cursive script of the 16th-17th century, in black ink.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century

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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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11604 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Funding of Cataloguing

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