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Or 10717

Record Id:
032-003431728
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10717
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
93 folios (ii+93+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10717 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin, fl 11th century
Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin, fl 11th century
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10717

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of tales, novellae, homilies, etc.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-36v
Title: עושה פלא
Title: ʿOśeh pele

Title on f. 1r: סיפור מעשה הכסא של שלמה וגדולתו מועתק מתרגום שני של מגלת אסתר; running title on ff. 1v-24v: ʿOśeh pele.

Colophon:
ff. 37r-45v
Title: מעשיות
Title: Maʿaśiyot
Incipit: מעשה מהרב הקדוש ר' אדם בעש"ט נבג"מ והוא היה קודם הרב הקדוש ר' ישראל בעש"ט

Colophon:
ff. 46r-51v
Author: נסים בן יעקב Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin, active 11th century
Title: חבור יפה מהישועה
Title: Ḥibur yafeh meha-yeshuʿah

Beginning: מעשה ברבי עקיבא שהיה מהלך בבית הקברות...

Colophon:
ff. 52r-74r
Title: מעשיות
Title: Maʿaśiyot

Colophon:
ff. 75v-86v
Title: דרושים, חדושים, פרושים ומעשיות
Title: Derushim, ḥidushim, perushim u-maʿaśiyot
Incipit: דרוש לחדש אלול

Colophon:
ff. 87r-93v
Title: הלצות ומליצות
Title: Halatsot u-melitsot

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Ff: 1-37: paper with one side glossy, the other side matte; slightly smaller than rest; ff. 37-93: pre-lined paper.
Extent: 93 folios (ii+93+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 208/209 × 150/163 mm.
Dimensions (written): 185/170 × 110/120 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.

Ff. 74v-75r are blank.

Collation

Catchwords on most pages.

Condition

Usage stains, ink stains, slight iron gall ink corrosion.

Water damage, text is illegible in places.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 17 22

Written lines: 17 22

Fff. 1-37: ruling in hard point.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square and semi-cursive scripts of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Marginal notes (ownership inscription?) in pencil by later hand on f. 1r from the 1880s (see date on f. 93v).

Binding

Post-1600, red cloth binding.

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1392; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 5 February 1932.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10717 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

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