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Or 12338
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- 032-003432755
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12338
- Title:
- Ḳiryat Sefer by Menahem ben Solomon Meiri (modern copy)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 55 folios (i+55+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12338 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1861
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Or 12338
Ḳiryat Sefer by Menahem ben Solomon Meiri (modern copy)
Contents
A treatise on the writing of Torah scrolls, and the reading of the Bible; copy of an earlier manuscript.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-55vTitle: קרית ספרTitle: Ḳiryat seferIncipit: ספר קרית ספר לרבינו מנחם בן שלמה המאירי - והחלק הזה אשרהוא על הלכת כתיבת ספר תורהIncomplete at the end.
Copied for R. Daṿid Slutsḳy of Warsaw.
First printed in Smyrna 1863-1881.
Colophon: העתקתי מספר כתב יד אשר נמצא בפריס שלחתי אני דוב גאלדברג להמשכיל ר' דוד סלוצקי מוורשאוי ולו הרשיון למכור אותו או להדפיסו על שמו f. 1rColophon: יום ה' חי כסליו ב'ר'כ'ת' לפק פה פריס דוד גלדברג f. 45vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lined paper, without laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 55 folios (i+55+i)Dimensions (leaf): 409 × 273 mm.Dimensions (written): 240 × 150 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 31
Uniform layout.
Very wide upper and outer margin.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the 19th century. Copied by Dov Goldberg.
Binding
Post-1600, marble paper covers. In flap case.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1861 19th century France (Paris)Provenance and Acquisition
Purchase note by M. Gaster on f. 1r: קנין כספי מאת פישל הירש.
M. Gaster's signature and note on f. 55v: עד כאן כל מה שבא לידי.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1258; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 7 January 1932.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12338 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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