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Or 10654
- Record Id:
- 032-003431887
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003431887
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100068972987.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10654
- Title:
- Diṿan
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003431887", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10654: Diṿan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003431887
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003431887
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- folios (iii+51+ii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10654 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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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
Haleṿi, Yehudah, c 1075-1141
Judah ha-Levi - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10654
Diṿan
Contents
A collection of liturgical poems.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-51vTitle: דיואןTitle: DiṿanIncipit: והואלי נשוודSome poems are by Yehudah Haleṿi (ff. 9v, 10v).
Poems are numbered. Poem 96 (f. 51r) is followed by poem 98 (f. 51v), which is incomplete.
Incomplete at the end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines; dry stamp on several leaves, perhaps of the paper maker (e.g.ff. 10, 16, 51).Extent: folios (iii+51+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 233 × 95 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 50 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
3 quires: i16 (front flyleaf (iii) + ff. 1-15), ii16 (ff. 16-31), iii20 (ff. 32-51).
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 28
Written lines: 28
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Running title.
Ruling of the outer lines of the textbox is visible in places; done in hard point.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.
Binding
Post-1600. In flap case.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'Pizmonim Piyutim 1684'.
Accompanying Material
Paper slip is glued to the bottom of f. 10v: 'Yemen Liturgical poems'.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1684; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 April 1932.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10654 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Funding of Cataloguing
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