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Or 8657

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Or 8657
Title:
Hebrew Bible in Judeo-Arabic
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
255 folios (ii+255+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1859
End Date:
1860
Date Range:
1859-1860
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Or 8657

Hebrew Bible in Judeo-Arabic

Contents

Pentateuch, some books of Prophets and Writings, in Judeo-Arabic translation.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

ff. 1r-174r
Title: תרגום ערבי לתנ"ך
Title: Targum ʿAravi la-Tanakh
Incipit: בסימנא טובא

Colophon:
ff. 1r-44r
Title: Genesis
ff. 44v-80v
Title: Exodus
Colophon: נשלם ספר שמות בעזרת יודע תעלומות היום ר"ח שבט כת"ר לפק f. 80v
ff. 81r-106v
Title: Leviticus
Colophon: נשלם פה צובה יע"א כ"ד לחודש שבט שנת כת"ר יתנו לך ה' אלהינו לפק f. 106v
ff. 107r-143r
Title: Numbers
ff. 143v-174r
Title: Deuteronomy
ff. 178r-202r
Title: Isaiah
Colophon: נשלם כ"ב לחודש סיוון שנת כתר לפק f. 202r
ff. 203r-216v
Title: Proverbs
ff. 219r-237r
Title: Proverbs
ff. 238r-245v
Title: Ecclesiastes
ff. 246r-245v
Title: Daniel

Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 255 folios (ii+255+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 191 × 137 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 115 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 174v, 175v, 176r, 177v is blank.

Collation

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, ink stains, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Running title.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

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

Additions:

Prayer and liturgical poems(?) in Hebrew on ff. 175r, 176v-177r, 217r-218v by a different hand.

F. 202v: scribbles in Hebrew and Arabic; f. 237v: Arabic inscription.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Old Testament. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8657.'

History

Origin: 1859-1860 Syria (Aleppo)

Provenance and Acquisition

J. B. Yahuda, bookseller in Cairo, Egypt: his stamp on ff. 1r, 174r, 178r.

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of Dr. A. S. Yahuda. 24 July, 1920.'; date of accession 30 July 1920.

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_8657 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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