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Or 7779

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032-003430102
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Or 7779
Title:
Fragment of Maimonides' Torah commentary
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 vellum sheet
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_7779 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Harizi, Judah ben Solomon, 1165-1225
Harizi, Judah ben Solomon, 1165-1225
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 7779

Fragment of Maimonides' Torah commentary

Contents

A fragment containing part of the Hebrew preface of Maimonides' commentary on the Mishnah

Language(s): Hebrew

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Author: אלחריזי, יהודה בן שלמה Harizi, Judah ben Solomon, active 12th century-13th century
Title: הקדמה לתרגום פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם
Title: Haḳdamh le-Targum Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam

Verso side is not visible, covered by the back of the glass frame.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Parchment sheet of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 vellum sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 151 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 145 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, margins trimmed off, loss of text

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Hand(s)

North African/Sefardi semi cursive script of the 15th century.

Additions:

Acquisition note on the back of the glass frame: 'Translation from Arabic into Hebrew of part of the preface of Maimonides to the Mishnah. Found in a copy of the Talmud 1912.c.1.; date of accession 29 December 1931.

Binding

In a glass frame.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on the back of the glass frame: 'Translation from Arabic into Hebrew of part of the preface of Maimonides to the Mishnah. Found in a copy of the Talmud 1912.c.1.; date of accession 29 December 1931.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_7779 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. p. 155.

Funding of Cataloguing

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