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Or 10622

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032-003432252
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Or 10622
Title:
Miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
130 folios (i+130+i)
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Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1700-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Daṿid, dayana de-ḳarta ḳadisha Ṿilna, 17th century-18th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000419998413,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44149688
Daṿid, dayana de-ḳarta ḳadisha Ṿilna, 17th century-18th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000419998413,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44149688
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Joseph ben Shem Tob ben Jeshuah Chay, fl 15th century
Joseph ben Shem Tob ben Jeshuah Chay, fl 15th century
Judah ben Samuel he-Ḥasid, c 1150-1217
Judah ben Samuel he-Ḥasid, c 1150-1217
Muʿalem, Yosef ben Avraham
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
מעלם, יוסף בן אברהם
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10622

Miscellany

Contents

A collection of halakhical, homiletical and kabbalistic, magical, astrological works, etc.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Compostie paper codex of the 18th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 130 folios (i+130+i)
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew scripts, mostly cursive, of the 18th-19th century.

Binding

Post-1600. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on title: '664 פתרון חלומות - סגולות - דרושים וכ''

History

Origin: 1700-1899 18th-19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 664; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 12 November 1926.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-6v
Title: פתרון חלומות
Title: Pitron ḥalomot
Incipit: פרק ב' ביסוד - המיים הרואה נחל הולך בכחת שלום יהיה לו

F. 6v: ע"ה שלמה מימראון יצ"ו אבי"ר נר"ו יאיר ויזהיר כזוהר החמה ; the name Shlomoh Memron is erased and the name דוד אזולאי is added.

ff. 6v-11v
Author: יוסף בן שם טוב בן ישועה חי Joseph ben Shem-Tob ben Jeshuah Chay
Title: שארית יוסף
Title: Sheʾerit Yosef
Incipit: אתחיל לכתוב שארית יוסף

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 11 folios (ff. 1-11)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 142 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 11.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Margins with some loss of the textblock have been trimmed off during a re-binding.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North-African) Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 12r-12v
Title: פתיחות לאגרות
Title: Petiḥot le-ʾigerot

ff. 13r-14r
Title: סדר רעשים ורעמים
Title: Seder raʿashim u-reʿamim

f. 15r
Title: Astrological text
Incipit: אם זכר נולד בסוון יש לו מדות טובות ...

Running title: משושנת יעקב

f. 16v
Title: Fragment
Incipit: גורל ... אורים ותומים והוא טוב לכל דבר חוץ מיום ו ...

ff. 17r-23v
Title: סגלות, רפואות וקמעות
Title: Segulot, refuʾot u-ḳemeʿot
Incipit: אתחיל לכתוב סגולות ורפואות בע"ה ושמירות אלו מהר' הגדול כמוהר"ר חידא זלה"ה מועתקים מכמה מקומו'

Characters of crypic alphabet.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 12 folios (ff. 12-23)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 149 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 20.

Condition

Usage stains, ink stains.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North-African) Hebrew cursive, semi-cursive and square scripts of the 18th-19th century.

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 24r-33r
Title: חדושים על שלחן ערוך (יורה דעה)
Title: Ḥidushim ʿal Shulḥan ʿarukh (Yoreh deʿah)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark
Extent: 10 folios (ff. 24-33)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 142 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Catchword in the middle of the lower margin on each page.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew cursive script of the 18th-19th century.

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 34r-44v
Title: דרשות על התורה (שמות-בא)
Title: Derashot ʿal ha-Torah (Shemot-Baʾ)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark
Extent: 11 folios (ff. 34-44)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 144 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Catchword in the middle of the lower margin on each page.

Condition

Water damage, worm damage, slight iron gall ink corrosion.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew cursive script of the 18th-19th century.

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 45r-56r
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: שערי קדושה
Title: Shaʿare Ḳedushah

ff. 57r-57v
Title: דרושים על הגדה של פסח
Title: Derushim ʿal Hagadah shel Pesaḥ

On the Passover Haggadah.

ff. 58r-58v
Author: יהודה בן שמואל, החסיד Judah ben Samuel, approximately 1150-1217
Title: אזכרה יום מותי ומאין באתי
Title: Ezkerah yom moti u- bati

ff. 59r-63r
Author: לידא, דוד בן אריה ליב Daṿid, dayana de-ḳarta ḳadisha Ṿilna, active 17th century-18th century
Title: עיר דוד
Title: ʿIr Daṿid
Incipit: בית החכמה מועתק מס' עיר דוד

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 19 folios (ff. 45-63)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 145 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 57; two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 58; 8 unfoliated blank leaves after f. 63.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, ink stains.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th-19th century.

VI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 64r-130v
Author: מעלם, יוסף בן אברהם Muʿalem, Yosef ben Avraham
Title: דרשות
Title: Derashot

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark
Extent: 67 folios (ff. 64-130)
Dimensions (leaf): 199 × 144 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Condition

Usage strains, iron gall ink corrosion, water damage.

F. 122 is incomplete, lower part is torn.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew cursive script of the 18th-19th century.

Additional Information

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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