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Or 9930

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Title:
Torah commentary by Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
369 folios (i+369+iii)
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Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
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Names:
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, rabbi, scholar, 1260-1340
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, rabbi, scholar, 1260-1340
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 9930

Torah commentary by Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava

Contents

A large fragment of Baḥya ben Asher's commentary on the Pentateuch.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-369v
Author: בחיי בן אשר אבן חלאוה Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, ?-1340
Title: פרוש התורה לבחיי בן אשר
Title: Perush ha-Torah le-Baḥaye ben Asher
Incipit: השמים אז וגבר עמלק ועל כן הוצרכו אהרן וחור לתמוך בידיו - ועל דרך המדרש

From the end of Parashat Be-shalaḥ (Ex. 17:11) until the middle of Parashat Ki tetseʾ (Deut. 22).

With marginal notes by various hands. F. 72v: אמר ר' יואל ז"ל, f. 88v: וזו תשובה שלימה זה נוסח מפי ' ר' מנחם ז"ל, f. 322r: כך שמעתי [מפי] ר’ נסים ספדו.

Colophon:
ff. 1r-124r
Title: Exodus
ff. 124v-216r
Title: Leviticus

F. 124v supplied by a later hand.

ff. 124v-216r
Title: Numbers
ff. 216v-369r
Title: Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th-17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermarks: anchor in circle (e.g. ff. 10, 38); hand with five-petal flower on stem (e.g. ff. 191, 194).
Extent: 369 folios (i+369+iii)
Dimensions (leaf): 282 × 195 mm.
Dimensions (written): 230 × 150 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable due to tight binding.

Catchword on every verso (but perhaps some of them were added later and originally catchwords marked only the end of the quires).

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, dirt.

The edges of numerous folios have been damaged and repaired.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23

Written lines: 23

Running title (parashiyot)but towards the end most of these have been trimmed off.

Ruling is visible.

On same pages every word of the last line is written diagonally to the text block (e.g. ff. 45v, 112r, 330v-331r).

Hand(s)

Persian Hebrew square script of the 16th-17th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Baḥya ben Asher. Commentary on Pentateuch. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9930.'

History

Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century Persia?

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 89; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 16 August 1927.

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).

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