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Or 12169

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Or 12169
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch (fragment)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
2 folios (1 bifolio)
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Languages:
Samaritan
Scripts:
Samaritan
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
Era:
CE
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Or 12169

Samaritan Pentateuch (fragment)

Contents

A fragment of a Samaritan Pentateuch.

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1r-2v
Title: תורה שומרונית (במדבר ב:ז-ב:לב, ח:יא-ט:ח)
Title: Torah Shomronit (Ba-midbar 2:7-2:32, 8:11-9:8)

Physical Description

Parchment bifolio of an octavo codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (1 bifolio)
Dimensions (leaf): 125 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 95 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Condition

Usage stains, holes.

Ruling is visible.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 28

Given dimensions are of a folio.

Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Samaritan majuscule script of the 16th century. Crown: the handwriting is that of Hassebhi ben Joseph ben Abraham (known dates 1487-1520)

Binding

In glass.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century (Crown dates it to 1513-1521) West Bank (Nablus)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired in 1957.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David, A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library (London: British Library, 1998).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12169 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Crown, Alan David, A catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the British Library (London: British Library, 1998), no. 148.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL