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Or 10736
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- 032-003434474
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10736
- Title:
- Liturgical poems in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 232 folios (iv+232+iv)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10736 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1895
- Date Range:
- 1894-1895
- Calendar:
- Seleucid
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10736
Liturgical poems in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew
Contents
A collection of liturgical poems and praises.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-232vTitle: שירים ותשבחותTitle: Shirim ṿe-tishbaḥotTitle on f. 1r: בשם רחמן אתחיל לכתוב שירות ותושבחות לאל אלהי הרוחות - אוול שי מן דיואן רבי יהודה הלוי.
Among the included: numerous poems by Shalem Shabazi (סאלם אלשבזי) (e.g. ff. 11v, 18v, 43v, 82v, 124v, 157v), and also by Saadia ben Amram (e.g. f. 115r), Yaḥya al-Dhahiri (יחיא אלצאהרי) (e.g. f. 160r), Joseph ben Israel (e.g. f. 110v) etc.
Ff. 1-222r: poems are numbered from 1 to 222.
Ff. 154r-160r: והולאי שירות לימים טובים ; f. 154r: לענין פסח; f. 156v: לחג הסוכות; f. 159r: לראש השנה; .
F. 223r: ברכת אירוסין ונישואין.
Ff. 229r-232v: index beginning קמתי אני לפתוח לדודי.
Some corrections in the margin in ink presumably by the scribe (e.g. ff. 7v, 48r); a few correction by a later hand in pencil (e.g. f. 44r, 57r, 79r, 118v, 122r).
Colophon: נכתב למחמד עין האש הטוב יחיא ן' סלימאן אלכסארי השי"ה יזכהו להגות בן הוא וזרעו וזרע זרעו ברוב גילה וצהלה בבנין בית המקדש במהרה בימינו אמן. אני הכותב הצעיר עפר רגלי חכמים חלשא ומסכינא שלמה ן' ישועה עואץ ואתה אחי ואדוני אם תמצא בו טעות תדיניני לזכותי ותתקן מעוותי כי הדעת משובשת מעול הגלות ומדוחק הפרנסה המקב"ה יאמר די לצרותינו ויגאל שכינת עוזינו במהרה בימינו אכי"ר - ותהי השלמתו בשנת בר"ו לשטרות בחדש כסליו בט"ו בו - שלמה עואץ יצ"ו ס"ט f. 232vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: a shield with moonface and the countermark: Cartiera de Mori Vittorio (e.g. ff. 134, 222, 226, 228)Extent: 232 folios (iv+232+iv)Dimensions (leaf): 251 × 90 mm.Dimensions (written): 210 × 58 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Unfoliated blank leaf after f. 15.
Ff. 164v, 222v and 228v are blank.
Collation
33 quires: i4 (unfoliated leaves)) ii8 (ff. 1-8), iii10 (ff. 9-17), iv-xxi8 (ff. 18-25, 26-33, 34-41, 42-49, 50-57, 58-65, 66-73, 74-81, 82-89, 90-97, 98-105, 106-113, 114-121, 122-129, 130-137, 138-145, 146-153, 154-161), xxii6 (ff. 162-164+unfoliated leaves), xxiii-xxix8 (ff. 165-172, 173-180, 181-188, 189-196, 197-204, 205-212, 213-220), xxx-xxxiii4 (ff. 221-224, 225-228, 229-232, 4 unfoliated blank leaves).
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains, dirt, water damage (ff. 97-99).
Worm damage on binding.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 21
Written lines: 21
Section headings are in larger characters.
Ruling in hard point is visible.
Running title.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 19th century; partially vocalised; in black and red ink. Scribe: Shelomoh ibn Yeshuʿah Uets.
Decoration
Decorated panel on top of f. 1r and f. 165r; in black and red ink.
Decorated initial words; very simple black and red ink decorations (e.g. ff. 1v, 18v, 131r, 212v).
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, brown leather box-binding (on wooden boards), oblong format with sides to protect the edges of the collation; blind-tooled. Remains of a clasp. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '935 שירות ותושבחות - תימן'.
In the digital surrogate the front edge is called back flyleaf (v)r; the head edge is called back flyleaf (v)v; and the tail edge is called back flyleaf (vi)r.
Accompanying Material
Red paper slip found between ff. 146 and 147 with four identical stamps on it. The inscription on the circumference if the stamp: בשנת ת'ר'ל'ג' - בתוככי ירושלים ע"הק ת"ו - ... ח...לדל בג"ח לזכר עולם נוסדה; with the image of the Temple in the middle labelled: מקום מקדשינו; citation from Proverbs 21:21 under the depiction: רודף צדקה וחסד ימצא חיים .
History
Origin: 1894-1895 YemenProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription(?) on front flyleaf (i)v in pencil: הצעיר יחיא...
Owner's stamp of Shalom ben Joseph Tobi of Jerusalem on f. 1v: הש שלום בן יוסף טובי ירושלים
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 935; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 22 April 1930.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10736 (digital images currently unavailable)
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