Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Or 7924

Record Id:
032-003431017
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003431017
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100068112266.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7924
Title:
Samaritan liturgy
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003431017", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 7924: Samaritan liturgy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003431017
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003431017
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
176 folios (i+176+i)
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_7924 (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Arabic
Samaritan
Scripts:
Arabic
Samaritan
Start Date:
1666
End Date:
1667
Date Range:
1666-1667
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 7924

Samaritan liturgy

Contents

A collection of songs of praise and wisdom, prayers for Sabbath, festivals, and New Moons.

Language(s): Samaritan, Arabic

ff. 1r-176v
Title: דפתר: תפלות שומרוניות
Title: Defter: tefilot Shomroniyot

It was written for Ishmael ben Abraham, Danfi family.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: crown with six-point star and cresent above it, common in the Ottoman Empire during the 16th-18th century (see, Mošin, Vladimir and M. Grozdanovic-Pajié. "Das Wasserzeichen ‘Krone mit Stern und Halbmond.'" Papiergeschichte 13 (1963): 44-52).
Extent: 176 folios (i+176+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 297 × 193 mm.
Dimensions (written): 195 × 125 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves on guards, but presumably it used to have quires of 10 leaves as the signatures show (see ff. 11r, 21r, 31r, 41r, 51r, 61r, 71r, 81r, 91r, 101r, 111r, 121r).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Hand(s)

Samaritan and Arabic script of the 17th century; in black and red ink. Scribe: Marhib ben Jacob ben Abraham ben Joseph ben Jacob ben Marhib ben Abdallah ben Marhib ben Amram ben Marhib ben Joseph ben Marhib, Marhib family.

Decoration

Additions:

19th-century additions on ff. 1r, 1v, 18r, 145v-146r, 147r-147v, 176v; written by Amram ben Salama in the 1830s.

Binding

BM in-house.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'Samaritan Common Prayers. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 7924.'

History

Origin: 1666-1667 West Bank (Shechem)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought of Isaac Ha-Kohen. October 11, 1913.'; date of accession October 1913.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David:A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library.(London: The British Library, 1998).

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_7924 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Fraser, James Garfield, 'The History of the Defter of the Samaritan Liturgy' Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Melbourne, 1969), pp. 149-150.
    Crown, Alan David,A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library.(London: The British Library, 1998), no. 86.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL