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Or 12308
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- Midrash ha-gadol by David ben Amram Adani (fragments)
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 31 folios (ii+31+ii)
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- Start Date:
- 1500
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- 1699
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Or 12308
Midrash ha-gadol by David ben Amram Adani (fragments)
Contents
Fragments from the Midrash ha-gadol by David ben Amram Adani.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-31vTitle: מדרש הגדול (קטעים)Title: Midrash ha-gadol (ḳeṭaʿim)Incipit: לבית ישראל ומניין שישראל נקראו דלים שנ' ואת עם עני תושיעIncludes fragments, in various Yemenite hands, most of which are from Midrash ha-Gadol (The Great Midrash) about the following weekly Torah portions: Bereshit and No’ah (ff. 3r-11v), Shemot and Trumah-Ki Tisa (ff. 12r-28v).
ff. 1r-1vTitle: קטע מאלפא ביתא דר’ עקיבא נוסח א’Extract from the second version of Alpha Beta de-Rabbi Akiva.
Equivalent to pp. 2-4 of the edition by Wertheimer (Jerusalem, 1914).
ff. 2r-2vTitle: לקט אגדות חז"לA compilation of Rabbinic aggadot (legends).
ff. 3r-29vTitle: לקט אגדות חז"ל בענין נשים הגונותA compilation of Rabbinic aggadot (legends).
F. 3: Gen. 5:1-6:3; f. 4: Gen. 6:9-13; f. 5-7: Gen. 6:4-9; f. 8-11: Gen. 6:13-7:19; f. 12: Ex. 3:1-4; ff. 13-15: Ex. 26:14-35; ff. 16-28: Ex. 27:20-30:11; f. 29r: Midrash ha-Gadol, end of Numbers with colophon, followed by rabbinic aggadot in praise of women.
Ff. 13v-14r: diagrams in the margin.
Colophon the the recto side refers only to this leaf. It gives the date 1886 SE (1574/5), and the scribe's name: Shalom ben Zachariah ben Shalom knowns as אלתנעמי, and the name of the patron: Abraham ha-Kohen ben Saadia ben Abraham.
Colophon: נבצע בחדש טבת בשנת א’תתפ"ו שנין לשטרי במאתא תנאם ... על שם ... אברהם הכהן בן סעדיה בן אברהם ... והכותב ... שלום בן זכריה בן שלום ... הידוע אלתנעמי f. 29rff. 30r-31vTitle: דרושים ומדרשים קצרים לפרשיות בראשית-ויראBrief Midrashim and homiletic commentaries on the weekly Torah portions Bereshit - va-Yera.
Physical Description
Paper leaves from various codices of the 16th-17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper leaves of various sizes.Extent: 31 folios (ii+31+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 200 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Leaves are all detached from the binding and from each other.
Layout
Columns:1
Given dimensions are those of the flyleaves.
Layout of the folios from six different codices varies: ff. 1-2, 3-11, 12, 13-28, 29, 30-31 belong together.
Section headings are usually in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square scripts of the 16th-17th century.
Ff. 1-2.
Ff. 3-11.
F. 12.
Ff. 13-28.
F. 29.
Ff. 30-31.
Decoration
Additions:Front flyleaf (ii)r: M. Gaster's notes about the contents.
Binding
Post-1600, black cloth binding. In flap case.
History
Origin: 1500-1699 16th-17th century Yemen (Tanam)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1374; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 February 1932.
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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12308 (digital images currently unavailable)
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