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Or 13189

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Or 13189
Title:
Tales in Judeo-Persian
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
209 folios (ii+209+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Persian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1700-1899
Era:
CE
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Or 13189

Tales in Judeo-Persian

Contents

A collection of tales in Judeo-Persian prose.

Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew

ff. 1r-209r
Title: מעשיות: בפרסית
Title: Maʿaśiyot: be-Farsit

Texts not individually identified. Among the included: "The story of Jesus the Nazarene from birth to death" (f. 41r): מעשה ישו הנוצרי מיום לידתו ועד יום מותו, "order of ha-Ari’s birth and praises of him" (f. 61r): סדר לידת הארי ושבחיו מעשה בוד דר זמין ירושלים ונאם בוד מהרב רבי שלמה לוריא ז"ל , "A story which happened in the time of Yehoshuʿa, after the conquest of the land of Israel and the slaying of 31 kings" (f. 173v): מעשה שאירע בימי יהושע אחר כבישת ארץ ישראל והריגת ל'א' מלכים.

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Blue paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 209 folios (ii+209+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe.

Collation

Catchword on most pages.

Condition

Usage stains, smudged ink.

Numerous leaves have been repaired.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 22

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Ham-Maʿaśiyyōth. Jud-Pers. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 13189.'

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century Transoxiana (historical region in Central Asia)

Provenance and Acquisition

Date of accession 28 July 1969.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Vera Basch Moreen, 'A Supplementary List of Judeao-Persian Manuscripts of the British Library', The British Library Journal 21 (1995),pp. 71-80.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13189 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Moreen, Vera Basch, 'A Supplementary List of Judeao-Persian Manuscripts of the British Library', The British Library Journal 21 (1995), p. 72.

Funding of Cataloguing

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