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Or 12335

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Or 12335
Title:
Derashot ṿe-ḥidushim
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
49 folios (iii+49+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1825
Date Range:
1800-1825
Era:
CE
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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
Yitsḥaḳ Belmonṭ Antibi
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Or 12335

Derashot ṿe-ḥidushim

Contents

Summary of Contents: A collection of pieces many fragmentary, consisting of sermons, reponsa, Bible commentary, liturgical poems and memorial tributes.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-49v
Title: דרשות וחדושים
Title: Derashot ṿe-ḥidushim

Includes homilies and novellae for the weekly Torah portions; seliḥot according to the Sefardi rite (f. 4r); excerpts from a book, which contain alphabetically arranged entries, the Torah entry is extant; a part of a responsum signed by Yitsḥaḳ Belmonṭ Antibi: העבד הצעיר בבית אבי יצחק בלמונט ענטיבי ס"ט (f. 14r); brief homilies sorted according to subjects.

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various kinds and sizes of paper leaves.
Extent: 49 folios (iii+49+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 350 × 129 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 12v, 23v, 31v, 32r, 33r, 37r, 41r, 45r, 47v and 48r are blank.

Collation

The manuscript is composed of excerpts from various manuscripts, which are bound out of order.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage, folding lines, tears, holes.

Some leaves have been fixed.

F. 44 is very fragmentary, but some other leaves are also damaged with loss of text.

Layout

Columns:1

Layout is not uniform.

Corrections.

Given dimensions are those of the flyleaves.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century. F. 4r is by a different hand.

Additions:

F. 38r: pen trials.

Binding

Post-1600, green cloth binding. In flap case.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'דרושים 1239'.

History

Origin: 1800-1825 Early 19th century Syria?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 1r: הצעיר דוד מורסיא

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1239; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 19 December 1931.

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).

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Surrogates

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