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Or 10681
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- Format:
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- Or 10681
- Title:
- Sefer eśer sefirot
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 8 folios (i+8+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10681 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10681
Sefer eśer sefirot
Contents
A collection of ethical sentences, translated from Russian.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-7rTitle: ספר עשר ספירותTitle: Sefer eśer sefirotIncludes proverbs of wisdom and moral, divided into twenty groups. Some are attributed to the sages of Greece.
At the beginning of the composition is an Introduction which was written by the translator, who translated from the Russian to Hebrew: Yosef ben Mosheh Sapaḳ: הקדמת המתרגם ... יוסף בן משה בלא... ספאק .
Back flyleaf (i)v: נכתב בעיר קונסטנטינופול אם החכמות ... וחמאת יי יתקים בימינו בסוף... .
Colophon: זה הספר הזה העתיק זה הספר ... אני שלמה התלמיד בכ"ר מיכאל ... זצ"ל ככתוב סוף דבר הכל ישמע את האלהים ... ואת מצוותיו שמור ... ואני המת...(?) צעיר והזעיר יהודה בכ"ר ... המשכיל f. 6rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 8 folios (i+8+i)Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 153 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 7v is blank.
Two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 6.
Collation
A single quire of 10 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling in pencil is visible (only the outlines of the vertical margins).
Hand(s)
Karaite Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century. Copied by Shlomoh ben Mikhael.
Decoration
Additions:F. 1v: reused paper, part of an Italian text in the outer margin: col la vostra Signoria deve essere dalla prima volta che anno fatto per i loro mo...
Binding
Post-1600.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'ספירות 198'.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century Turkey (Istambul)Provenance and Acquisition
F. 1r: oval stamp of Yehudah ben Mosheh Tsibar of Constantinople (owner) crossed out; same stamp intact on f. 4r, 5r, 5v, : 'יהודה בכ"ר נחמן ציבר זצ"ל - Juda B. Cibar'.
Ownership inscriptions by Juda Sibar of Constantinople: לעולם יחתום האיש את שמו על ספרו ... כדי שלא יהיו הספרים בצאן אשר אין להם רועה. ; לעולם יכתוב אדם את שמו על ספרו כדי שלא יהיו הספרים כאן אשר אין להם רועה - נער קטן מילדי העבדים יהודה צעיר וזעיר ציבאר קוסטנטינופולי (back flyleaf (i)v).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 198; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 4 February 1928.
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).Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10681 (digital images currently unavailable)
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