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Or 9990
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- Or 9990
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- Notes on the Pentateuch and the Talmud
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Extent:
- 29 folios (ii+29+ii)
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- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1692
- End Date:
- 1714
- Date Range:
- 1692-1714
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- Hebrew
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9990
Notes on the Pentateuch and the Talmud
Contents
Notes on the Pentateuch and the Talmud.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-29vTitle: חדושים על התורה והתלמודTitle: Ḥidushim ʿal ha-Torah ṿeha-TalmudWritten and in part composed by Judah Leib ben Samson of Hamburg.
According to the weekly sections (parashiyot).
Front flyleaf (ii)r: פנקס שייך להקטן יהודה ליב בן לא"א כהר"ר שמשון יצ"ו... נכתב יום ג'ד' אב תעב לפ"ק כאן ק"ק המבורג - התהלת כתיבתו יום ג' ב' חשון' ת'בא עלינו ג'אולה לפ"ק.
At the end of each entry, the scribe mentions his source: most often he refers to his teacher Rabbi Moses (שמעתי ממורי כהר"ר משה; e.g. ff. 2r, 11r, 19v, 20r, 29v).
He also mentions Abraham Joshua Heschel on f. 1r: שמעתי ממורי מהור"ר טוביה בשם הגאון הגדול מורינו ורבינו מהורר העשיל זצ"ל נשמתו ינוח בגן עדן אב"ד ור"מ בק"ק קראקא ; and Rabbi Yehudah: שמעתי ממורי מהור"ר יהודה (e.g. ff. 5v, 7v).
In some cases, the scribe is the author himself: מפי עצמי לפי ענית דעתי (e.g. ff. 4v, 5r, 7r, 17r, 20r, 26r).
Autograph.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, crowned shield flanked by two rampant lions(?) (e.g. ff. 11-12).Extent: 29 folios (ii+29+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 154 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Leaves on guards.
No catchwords.
Condition
Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion.
F. 6 is damaged, loss of text.
Layout
Columns:1
Left margin is not justified.
Some blank pages within the collation.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Ink drawing of a cherub? on front flyleaf (ii)r.
Binding
BM in-house.
Title on spine: 'Notes on Pentateuch & Talmud. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9990.'
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1692-1714Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 570; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 April 1929.
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_9990 (digital images currently unavailable)
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