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Or 12191
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12191
- Title:
- Poems in Judeo-Persian by Yuhannah Mirza Dawud
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 132 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12191 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Judeo-Persian
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1969
- Date Range:
- 1900-1969
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12191
Poems in Judeo-Persian by Yuhannah Mirza Dawud
Contents
A collection of poems in Judeo-Persian.
Language(s): Judeo-Persian
ff. 1v-132rTitle: קול דודTitle: Ḳol DaṿidAutograph.
Yuhanna Dawud, known as Yohanan ben David in Hebrew and John David in English; a traditional Jew from a religious background; collected Persian works of art and Islamic treasures from his boyhood; Professor of Oriental Art and Literature; oriental translator; Curator of the Department of Islamic Art, British Museum; died London, 1969.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 20th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 132 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 258 × 201 mm.Dimensions (written): 140 × 82 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel pagination in ink by the scribe: ff. 1v-2v: in Roman numerals, ff. 3r-131v: Hebrew characters.
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 10
Written lines: 10
Uniform laoyout.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew square script of the 20th century; in black ink, certain passages are underlined in red. Scribe: Yuhanna Dawud.
Decoration
Full-page illustration on f. 1v: God's name and a menorah.
Golden inscriptions: f. 1r: title and author of the book and a Magen David; f. 132r: יהוה הוא אלהים יהוה הוא אלהים.
Photograph of a book binding glued onto the front pastedown.
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, brown stamped leather binding with embossed figures; two metal clasps. At the bottom of the front pastedown, 'Moritz Mädler Leipzig W'. Perhaps identical with Moritz Mädler, the suitcase and fine leathergoods maker.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1900-1969 20th century (not after 1969) England (London)Provenance and Acquisition
Note on a blue leaf pasted onto the back pastedown: '"The Voice of David:" קול דוד An original autograph manuscript, written in Judaeo-Persian, on 259 pages, 10 lines to a page, in gilt stamped leather binding, with embossed figures and religious emblems, especially, a bust of Albrecht Dürer, made by the celebrated book-binder Moritz Madler of Leipzig. Contents: Prayers of thanksfulness, and praises for God's blessings as His gifts to mankind. Rejoicing in the love behind life, the purpose through it, and the assured hope ahead of it.'
Acquisition note on back pastedown at the bottom of the pasted note: 'Presented to the British Museum, Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. Y.Dawud.' Another aquisition note on f. 132v: 'Presented by Mīrzā Yūhḥannā Dāʾūd 18. iii. 1958.' Date of accession 19 March 1958.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel, G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), 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_12191 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Meredith-Owens, G. M., Handlist of Persian Manuscripts 1895-1966 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968), p. 44.Fihrist online catalogue (https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_5482)Funding of Cataloguing
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