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Or 10748
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- Or 10748
- Title:
- Miscellany
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 152 folios (iv+152+iv)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10748
Miscellany
Contents
A rhyming dictionary and copies of letters.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-126vTitle: מלון לחרוזיםTitle: Milon la-ḥaruzimIncipit: לפני מי שגדול אתינו בשרט הוא הרב ... אברהם אוהבי משרש לביPresumably of Mattithiah Halevi of Alessandria.
Most of the pages are blank.
ff. 127v-151vTitle: אגרוןTitle: IgronCopies of letters from Mattithiah Halevi of Alessandria, endorsements principally to emissaries from Palestine. Including Nathan Maragi of Safed (ff. 130r, 135r, 150v, 151r), the first dated 1828; Ezekiel Eliezer Abulafia of Tiberias, dated 1835 (f. 136r); Abraham ibn Ḥasun of Safed, dated 1813 (f. 146v); Israel Halevi of Hebron, dated 1817 (f. 147v); Ḥayim Solomon Abulafia of Tiberias, dated 1819, in which the writer mentions Abraham Ḥayim Modena, and speaks disparagingly of Joseph David Ayas (f. 148v); Mordekhai Asio of Safed, dated 1821 (f. 149v); Joseph Israel Levi(?) (f. 150v).
On these emissaries see A. Yaʿari, Sheluḥe Erets Yiśraʾel, Jerusalem, 1951.
Other addressees are: Abraham ben Shalom Belais at Marseilles (ff. 127v, 128r), the first dated 1835, in which the writer enquires concerning the welfare of two Alessandrian Jews and of Ezekiel Eliezer Abulafia; David Meldola at Leghorn (Livorno), a responsum concerning a ketubah, dated 1824 (f. 129r); Aaron Worms at Metz, a question concerning yibum, dated 1828 (f. 130v); Raphael Meldola at London, dated 1828 (f. 132r); David Joseph Sinzheim, dated 1807 (f. 137r); Joshua ben Zion Segré at Vercelli (f. 138v).
On f. 134r is an interesting unaddressed letter concerning the writer's intention to publish his grandfather Elijah's works. A similar enquiry is made in the letter to Aaron Worms above.
F. 139r: unaddressed letter concerning the plight of Rebecca Segré of Genova, dated 1835.
F. 131v in Latin characters: '...Mons.ur Mons.r le Grand Rabin Matasia Levi Rabino en Chef des Israelite｢s｣'.
On f. 144v: a draft of a poem beginning: עת הזמיר הגיע בלא צבא.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, human figure with staff walking (pilgrim?) with the countermark F. C. (e.g. ff. 50-51, 126).Extent: 152 folios (iv+152+iv)Dimensions (leaf): 277 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Ff. 1-134: quires on guards. From f. 134, leaves on guards.
Quires: i8, ii12, iii4, iv12-1, v10-1, vi14, vii10, viii14, ix4, x12, xi14-1, xii6-1, xiii10, xiv8-1, xv2.
Condition
Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive and square scripts of the 19th century.
Binding
Post-1600, brown cloth binding.
Title on spine: 'Rhyming Dictionary. Letters. Hebrew. British Library. Oriental MS. 10748'.
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1015; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 October 1931.
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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