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Or 12349
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- Or 12349
- Title:
- Karaite miscellany
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 48 folios (i+48+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12349 (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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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12349
Karaite miscellany
Contents
Two Karaite apologetical works.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 48 folios (i+48+i)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
6 quires: i-iii8, iv8-1, v8, vi10.
Additions:Front pastedown: a list of Hebrew titles.
Binding
Post-1600; half-bound, with blue marble paper covers.
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 171; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 30 January 1928.
I
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-23vTitle: כתר כהנהTitle: Keter KehunahA doctrinal and philosophical work quoting frequently from the writings of Sassoon ben Jacob.
Incomplete at the end.
About the author, see EJ 'Beghi'.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines. Paper maker's dry stamp with inscription in Cyrillic e.g. on f. 15, 18.Extent: 23 foliosDimensions (leaf): 211 × 168 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 135 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Quires i-iii. Quire iii includes one unfoliated blank leaf after f. 23.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 26
Written lines: 26
Ruling in hard point is visible.
Hand(s)
Karaite Hebrew semi-cursive and square script.
II
Contents
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 24r-48vTitle: לחם שעריםTitle: Leḥem śeʿorimAn apologetic work in the form of question and answer between a Rabbanite and a Karaite.
Ff. 48r-48v: index added by the copist.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Blue paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a bear(?)with a tool on its shoulder and a crown above (e.g. ff. 26-27, 34-35), countermark in Cyrillic characters(?) (e.g. ff. 26-27, 46).Extent: 25 folios (ff. 24-48)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 169 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Quires iv-vi.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Text in frame.
Marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Karaite Hebrew semi-cursive and square script. The copyist might have been called Abraham, since this name is appearing in the margin of f. 48v.
Additional Information
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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12349 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Eliʾor, Afar. 'Horaʾat madaʿim ba-ḥinukh ha-ḳaraʾi: peraḳim ba-limud ha-ḳaraʾi shel 'Ruaḥ Ḥen'', in: AJS Review 37:1 (2013), pp. 1-28.Funding of Cataloguing
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