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Or 9596

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Or 9596
Title:
Records of circumcisions appended to a printed copy of Sefer Shomer ha-berit
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
16 folios (i+16+iv)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1794
End Date:
1815
Date Range:
1794-1815
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Or 9596

Records of circumcisions appended to a printed copy of Sefer Shomer ha-berit

Contents

Handwritten records of circumcisions performed in London from 1794-1815 appended to a printed copy of Sefer Shomer ha-berit.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-16r
Title: פנקס מוהל מן השנים תקנ"ד-תקע"ה
Title: Pinḳas mohel min ha-shanim 554-575

Entries in chronological order starting with 3 Elul 5554 (1794), and the last entry is from 5575 27 Adar(1815).

Chelmsford is mentioned on ff. 2v, 8r: ...מלתי את הילד ...בעיר שעלמספאהרד.

Malden is mentioned on ff. 7v, 11r: ... מלתי את הילד ... בעיר מאהלדאן.

Brighton is mentioned on f. 11v: ... מלתי את הילד ... בעיר ברייטאן.

Circumcision of converts are mentioned on f. 8v: יום ב' י"ד תמוז מלתי הגר בן ששה עשר שנים וקראתי שמו בישראל שלמה בן אברהם אבינו - בו ביום מלתי את אחיו בן ארבעה עשר שנים וקראתי שמו בישראל צבי הירש בן אברהם אבינו - יום א' כ"ד אלול מלתי הילד בן שני שנים וקראתי שמו בישראל אסוף בן אברהם אבינו....

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Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines; watermark: 'John Fellows 1806'.
Extent: 16 folios (i+16+iv)
Dimensions (leaf): 134 × 86 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

F. 1r is blank.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, dirt

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi cursive and square script of the late 18th - early 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Red leather binding; with marble paper pastedowns.

Title on spine: 'Shomer Hahherith & Mohel's Register. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9596.'

Accompanying Material

Preceded by a copy of Sefer Shomer ha-berit containing prayers and rules for the mohel: ספר שומר הברית - ראו זה דבר חדש אשר לא היה לעולמים סדר לימוד הלילה קודם יום המילה שחברו ויסדו חכמי הדורות שבארץ הקדושה בירושלים ... הובא לבית הדפוס על ידי איש צדיק ... כמוהר"ר שלמה במוהר"ר ישראל מזאבנא, printed in Amsterdam in 1719 by Joseph Dayyan (Vinograd Amsterdam 1147).

History

Origin: 1794-1815 1794-1815 England

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf ()v: 'Bought of Mr. A. Rubens. (Rehfisch Sale) 7 Apr. 1925.'; date of accession 20 April 1925.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9596 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. p. 158.

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