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Or 5035

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Or 5035
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch (fragments)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
2+3 membranes
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
Era:
CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 5035

Samaritan Pentateuch (fragments)

Contents

Two fragments of a Torah scroll.

Language(s): Samaritan

Physical Description

Two fragments of a parchment scroll of the 14th-15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 2+3 membranes

Condition

Tears, holes, usage stains.

Hand(s)

Samaritan majuscule script of the 14th-15th century.

Binding

Boxed.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1300-1499 14th-15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note in the inside of the box lid: 'Bought of J. A. Durighello, June 23, 1896' date of accession July 1896.

Fragment I

Contents

ff. 1r-1v
Title: ספר תורה שומרוני (בראשית)
Title: Sefer Torah Shomroni (Be-reshit)

Contains Genesis 28:10-42:34.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Fragment of a parchment scroll of the 14th-15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 2 membranes
Dimensions (leaf): 140 × 139 mm.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 68

Written lines: 66

Both membranes have five columns.

The width of the columns is not uniform in size.

Ruling in hard point is visible.

Fragment II

Contents

ff. 2r-2v
Title: ספר תורה שומרוני (דברים)
Title: Sefer Torah Shomroni (Devarim)

Contains Deuteronomy 5:19-18:8.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Fragment of a parchment scroll of the 14th-15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 3 membranes
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × 139 mm.

Layout

Columns:1

The first membrane has three columns, the second five columns, and the third four columns.

The width of the columns is not uniform in size.

Ruling in hard point is visible.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), and on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5035 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Dugmore, Clifford W., 'Two Samaritan Mss in the Library of Queens' College, Cambridge', The Journal of Theological Studies 36, no. 142 (1935), pp. 131-146, esp. 146 n3.
    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 174.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL