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Or 14596
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- Format:
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- Or 14596
- Title:
- Judeo-Persian miscellany
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- 032-003425548
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 26 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14596 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Persian - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1825
- Date Range:
- 1700-1825
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 14596
Judeo-Persian miscellany
Contents
A collection of works, almost entirely in Judeo-Persian.
Language(s): Judeo-Persian, Hebrew
ff. 1r-11rTitle: תפסיר דודי ירד לגנוTitle: Tafsīr Dodi yarad le-ganoA Judeo-Persian prose commentary of anonymous authorship on Dodi yored le-gano, a mystical messianic dialogue between God and Knesset Israel based on the Song of Songs.
Colophon:f. 11rTitle: Two quatrainsIn Judeo-Persian.
Unclear whether original or Judeo-Persian copies of Persian quatrains.
Colophon:ff. 11v-12rTitle: תפסיר יגדלTitle: Tafsīr YigdalA commentary on Yigdal.
Colophon:ff. 12v-13rTitle: זמירות ישראל (קטע)Title: Zemirot Yiśraʾel (ḳeṭa)Incipit: בשם אליון אשבח ברינה...A Judeo-Persian translation of a poem from Zemirot Yiśraʾel.
Colophon:ff. 13r-16rTitle: מנאגאת נאמהTitle: Munājāt-nāmah'The Book of Supplications'.
A book on meditative prayers. With a mukhammas by Amīnā.
In Judeo-Persian.
Colophon:ff. 16r-19rTitle: מנאגאת נאמהTitle: Munājāt-nāma'The Book of Supplications'.
A book on meditative prayers.
In Judeo-Persian.
Colophon:ff. 19r-19vTitle: זמירות ישראל (קטע)Title: Zemirot Yiśraʾel (ḳeṭa)Incipit: זמירות של ישראל - סימן אני דוד בר בה חזקMore poems from Zemirot Yiśraʾel in Judeo-Persian and in Hebrew.
Colophon:ff. 20r-23rTitle: זמירות ישראלTitle: Zemirot YiśraʾelIncipit: זמירות ישראל מן כמוהר רבי יצחק בן דוד ... תעריף נביא יחזקאלMore poems from Zemirot Yiśraʾel in Judeo-Persian and in Hebrew.
Colophon:ff. 23r-23vTitle: זמירות ישראלTitle: Zemirot YiśraʾelIncipit: זמירות ישראל - יום וליל רוחי יי תודה ברננה אל אלהיםMore poems from Zemirot Yiśraʾel in Judeo-Persian and in Hebrew.
Colophon:ff. 23v-26vTitle: Poems on messianic themesWith messianic themes.
Perhaps by Ṭufayl.
In Judeo-Persian.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th or early 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 26 foliosDimensions (leaf): 142 × 113 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Very damaged, fragile leaves.
Water damage, worm damage, dirt.
Collation is detached from binding.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Bloc-notes format; text runs parallel to the spine.
Hand(s)
Persian Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 18th-19th century,
Binding
Post-1600, cloth binding. Printer's waste as pastedowns (from Hebrew newspaper). Boxed.
History
Origin: 1700-1825 18th or early 19th century Central Asia(?)Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired around 1990.
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),pp. 71-80.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14596 (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. 75.Waley, M. I., Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. (London, 1998), p. 64.Funding of Cataloguing
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