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Or 12356
- Record Id:
- 032-003431970
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003431970
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100069007689.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12356
- Title:
- Miscellaneous documents
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- [{ "id" : "032-003431970", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12356: Miscellaneous documents" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003431970
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 17 folios (i+17+ii)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12356 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Ladino
Yiddish - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1700-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12356
Miscellaneous documents
Contents
A collection of letters, private records, and other documents.
Language(s): Hebrew, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, Yiddish
ff. 1r-17rTitle: אגרות, קטעיםTitle: Igrot, ḳeṭaʿimSingle leaves which were grouped together.
Includes: novellae on Yehoshuʿa bin Nun (f. 2), a leaf from a composition on kabbalah (f. 3), private records from the year 5541 (in 1780/1) and from the year 5557 (in 1796/7) (ff. 6-7), calculations (ff. 4, 5, 9v-11 etc.), a shetar (legal document) from the year 5593 (in 1832/3) (f. 8r), a letter addressed to Avraham Krispin in Ladino (f. 9r), a letter from the year 5506 (in 1745/6) in Judeo-Arabic (f. 12), letters in Yiddish and Hebrew (ff. 15, 17). The letter on f. 16 is from the year 5585 (in 1824/5).
Colophon:Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Various sizes and type of paper leaves.Extent: 17 folios (i+17+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 180 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, folding lines, burnt damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Given dimensions are those of the flyleaves.
Hand(s)
Various Hebrew scripts.
Binding
Post-1600; green cloth binding. In flap case.
History
Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Black round stamp with Arabic inscription on f. 1r (stamped three times).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1695; 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_12356 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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