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Or 10394
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- Or 10394
- Title:
- Halakhical works on ritual slaugther
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 150 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10394 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1454
- End Date:
- 1454
- Date Range:
- 1454
- Calendar:
- Seleucid
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10394
Halakhical works on ritual slaugther
Contents
A collection of halakhical works on ritual slaughter.
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew
ff. 1r-72vTitle: משנה תורה (ספר קדושה, הלכות שחיטה)Title: Mishneh Torah (Sefer Ḳedushah, Hilkhot Sheḥiṭah)Incomplete at the beginnning. Starts with Hilkhot Sheḥiṭah 3:13in Judeo-Arabic (f.1r), and 3:14 in Hebrew (f.1v) .
In Judeo-Arabic and in Hebrew. Hebrew is vocalised.
Colophon: נשלמה זה הלכות שחיטה בעזרת הבורא ברוך הכובת והקורא - יום חמישי בשבת דהוא כ"ח לירח אב דשנת א'ת'ש'ס'ה' לשטרות. כתבתי אני... ישועה בר ... חסן המלמד בר אבו אלפרג f. 72rff. 73r-76vTitle: Judeo-Arabic fragmentIncipit: ויסתקצי עליגמיע אלדי תם פאנה חראםExplicit: קד אנתקב ג'שאוה אלראם: תמת ושלום עלכזיLacuna between f. 72 and 73 (cf. signatures).
ff. 76v-150vTitle: פרוש הלכות שחיטהTitle: Perush Hilkhot SheḥiṭahIncipit: אעלם אן אללה אכתף בני אסראילCommentary on The Tractate Sheḥiṭah of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah with the text of the Tractate.
Iמ Judeo-Arabic.
Incomplete at the end.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Yellowish Oriental paper.Extent: 150 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 168 × 125 mm.Dimensions (written): 135 × 100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
15 quires: i10+2 (ff. 1-12), ii12 (ff. 13-24), iii8 (ff. 25-32), iv-xiii10 (ff. 33-42, 43-52, 53-62, 63-72, 73-82, 83-92, 93-102, 103-112, 113-122, 123-132), xiv(ff. 133-140), xv10 (ff. 141-150).
Signatures in Hebrew characters and in Arabic script at the beginning of the quires (e.g. ff. 113r, 123r, 133r, 141r). F. 3 was the first leaf of quire 4; ff. 1-2 are remains of quire 3.
Catchword on every verso, diagonally to the text.
Condition
Collation is detached from spine, falling apart.
F. 73 is loose.
Fragile leaves. Water damage, usage stains, rodent(?) damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 15
Written lines: 15
Uniform layout.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Copied by Jeshua ben Hasan ben Abu Alfarag.
Decoration
Additions:Hebrew parchment manuscript fragments as pastedowns are in Sefardi semi-cursive script, Ibn Ezra on Exodus: 12:1-2 (front pastedown); זה פרוש המספר שחבר ... אבן עזרא ע"ה בפרשת ואלה שמות. Text in two columns.
Binding
Brown leather binding. Boxed.
Hebrew parchment manuscript fragments as pastedowns.
History
Origin: 1454 YemenProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 998; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 May 1930.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10394 (digital images currently unavailable)
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