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Or 10385
- Record Id:
- 032-003452072
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- Format:
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10385
- Title:
- Miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 57 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10385 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10385
Miscellany
Contents
A collection of liturgical, mystical, etc. works in Hebrew and in Judeo-Arabic.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-57rTitle:Incipit: אתחיל לכתוב דרושים מאהבת עולםIncludes among others piyuṭim and pizmonim, recipes and charms, sermons, etc.
F. 1r: דרושים מאהבת עולם; f. 3r: דרושים בענין צדקה; f. 9r: איתחיל לכתוס תוכחה בערבית; f. 19r: fragment from a Passover Haggadah beginning with the question of the Simple Son (תם מה הוא אומר); ff. 27r-28r: קינות לתשעה באב בערבית; ff. 29r-34v, 43r-45v: amulets and recipes; ff. 36r-38r: מעשיות שהיו קודם זמן; ff. 39r-40v: hafṭarah for Tishah be-ʾAv in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic; ff. 41r-42v: Sipur mekhirat Yosef in Judeo-Arabic; ff. 46v-47r: ס' פדיון הבן; f. 52v: ḥidush on biblical passages; f. 55r: birth records from 5515-5529 (1755-1778/9); ff. 55v-57r: goralot.
Ff. 25r-26r: diagrams of amulets.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 57 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Collation is falling apart.
Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Layout is not uniform.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew square, cursive and semi-cursive scripts on the 18th century; by various hands.
Additions:Binding
Brown leather binding, blind-tooled. Boxed.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1799 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Note on f. 2v referring to the date 1 Ḥeshṿan 5560 AM (1799 CE): ליל ר"ח חשון ש' התק"ן עצמך בפרוזדור וכו' ספר לי חיים בר ראובן גנאס .. שמואל שושנ... אמר עלי לא דבר תורה כמתים והעדים משה גבאי ומשה בר חיים ... יוסף לוי ואמר שאתה אמרתה שסבינו טוב וש... שמו ובפני משה רוסו אמרתי זה הדברים ... יוכח בינינו .
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1060; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 October 1931.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10385 (digital images currently unavailable)
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