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Or 5540

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Or 5540
Title:
Ketubah le-Shavuʿot by Israel ben Moses Najara (genizah fragment)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
11 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5540 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555-1625
Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555-1625
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 5540

Ketubah le-Shavuʿot by Israel ben Moses Najara (genizah fragment)

Contents

Liturgical poems for Shavuot modelled after the Song of Song.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-11v
Author: נג’רה, ישראל בן משה Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555-1625
Title: כתובה לשבועות
Title: Ketubah le-Shavuʿot

Two allegorical poems for Shavuot. The first symbolises the union of God with Israel, and the second is in the form of a marriage contract between Israel and the Torah.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 11 folios
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 13 15

Section headings in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th century.

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the TEI records received from the Friedberg Genizah Project and the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel. For more a detailed record, consult the Friedberg Genizah Project catalogue (https://fjms.genizah.org/).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5540 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 4 vols), vol. II, no. 710.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL