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Or 10836

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032-003434368
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Or 10836
Title:
Maʿaśeh Avraham Avinu (genizah fragment)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
6 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10836 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Or 10836

Maʿaśeh Avraham Avinu (genizah fragment)

Contents

A fragment of a tale.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

ff. 1r-6v
Title: מעשה אברהם אבינו (קטע)
Title: Maʿaśeh Avraham Avinu (ḳeṭa)

According to Gaster, the fragment comes from the Karaite genizah in Jerusalem.

Filiation:

Cf. London BL Or 10435, ff. 1-2: Or 10836 comes in between Or 10435 f. 1v and 2r.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 20

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square script.

History

Origin: 1500-1699

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1321; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the TEI records received from the Friedberg Genizah Project and the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel. For more a detailed record, consult the Friedberg Genizah Project catalogue (https://fjms.genizah.org/).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10836 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    בן-שמאי, חגי: סיפורי אברהם בערבית-יהודית ממקור מוסלמי - קטעים חדשים in: חקרי עבר וערב: מוגשים ליהושע בלאו על ידי חבריו ותלמידיו במלאת לו שבעים . תשנ"ג. 111. , cf.115. Discussion, Transcription (Full), Translation (Full)

Funding of Cataloguing

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