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Or 13913
- Record Id:
- 032-003420044
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100062952004.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13913
- Title:
- Collection of Judeo-Persian works
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003420044", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13913: Collection of Judeo-Persian works" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003420044
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 191 folios (iii+191+iii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13913 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Persian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1887
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- 1887-1889
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 13913
Collection of Judeo-Persian works
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 191 folios (iii+191+iii)Additions:F. 191v: notes in Arabic and Hebrew script.
Binding
BL in-house.
Title on spine: 'Miscellany. Judaeo-Persian. Brit. Lib. Oriental MS. 13913'.
History
Origin: 1887-1889 India?Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership stamp e.g. on ff. 21r, 95r, 168v, 171r, 189v: 'Rahamim Yacoob Cohen'.
Date of accession 20 August 1979.
I
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
ff. 1r-20vTitle: אלפא ביתא דבן סיראTitle: Alfa Beta de-Ben SiraIncomplete at the beginning.
Colophon: תמום נרדיד אין בר סירא דר רוז חמישי בשבת כ"ג בחדש טבת בשנת חמישת אלפים ושש מואת וארבעים ותשעה לבריאת עולם - מיעקב בהן צעיר יוסף בן המר f. 20vff. 21r-94rTitle: פרשת וישבTitle: Parashat Ṿa-yeshevTitle on f. 21r: פרשה וישב יעקב בשם אל עוזר דלים אנאז כתאב יוסף זולייכא אז נופתה מוולאנא שאהין עליו השלום נארי תעאלי נוייד.
Poetic rendition of the biblical parashah.
Cf. London BL Or 13190.
Colophon: תושלב"ע - מיעקב בהן צעיר יוסף בן המ"ר בשנת התרמ"ט f. 94vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 94 folios (ff. 1-94)Dimensions (leaf): 191 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 160/165 × 130/135 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains.
Ff. 1-3 have been repaired.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 23
Written lines: 23
Ff. 1-20: one column per page; ff. 21-96: two columns per page.
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 19th century.
Additions:History
Origin: 1888-1889Provenance
Owner's statement(?) on f. 94v-95r.
II
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
ff. 96r-168vTitle: שאהזאדה וצופיTitle: Shāhzādah ṿe-TsūfīThe story of Barlaam and Josaphat in a Judeo-Persian metrical version, based on Ben ha-melekh veha-nazir of Abraham ben Samuel ibn Ḥasdai
Cf. London BL Or 13191, Or 4732, Or 4744.
Colophon: תושלב"ע תם וחזק - מיעקב בן מ'בכשי צעיר יוסף בן המ"ר שנת תרח"ם המקדש f. 168vReferences
https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_5612Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 73 folios (ff. 96-168)Dimensions (leaf): 191 × 147 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 115/125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
F. 169 might have originally been at the beginning of this part.
Condition
Usage stains, smudged ink.
Ff. 165-168 are repaired. F. 168 is incomplete, loss of some text.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 20 22
Written lines: 20 22
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Ff. 169r-170: two thicker leaves. F. 169r: newpaper cut about the independence of India.
History
Origin: 1887-1888Provenance
F. 169v: ownership note from 5652 (1891/2): ... כתאב רחמים ... שמעון ... שנת ת'ר'נ'ב' ל"ע'; f. 170v: cutting of an image depicting native American, and some notes and a name (Jacob Raḥamim?) upside down
III
Contents
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
ff. 171r-190vTitle: כיתאב היידר בגTitle: Kitab Haidar BegColophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 20 foliosDimensions (leaf): 191 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 131 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Edges trimmed off, loss of text; probably due to the rebinding.
Smudged ink, usage stains, water damage.
Ff. 187-190: leaves are restored.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 24
Written lines: 24
Uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 19th century. Copied by Raḥamim Jacob Kohen (see, Moreen, Supplementary List).
Decoration
History
Origin: 1888-1889 Around 1888-1889 India (Allahabad?)Provenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Vera Basch Moreen, 'A Supplementary List of Judeao-Persian Manuscripts of the British Library', The British Library Journal. 21 (1995),p. 74.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13913 (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. 74.Funding of Cataloguing
BL