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Or 9897

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032-003452401
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Or 9897
Title:
Hafṭarot for the entire year
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
103 folios (iv+103+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9897 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Rafael ibn Elkohan
Yaḥia ibn Elkohan
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 9897

Hafṭarot for the entire year

Contents

Readings from the Prophets for the entire year

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1v-103r
Title: הפטרות לכל השנה
Title: Hafṭarot le-khol ha-shanah
Incipit: אתחיל לכתוב הפטרות f. 1v

Each verse is followed by an Aramaic translation with supralinear vocalization.

Ff. 1, 101-103 suppplied later to complete the manuscript(>).

With marginal notes.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 103 folios (iv+103+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 282 × 190 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

F. 101v is blank.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage, dirt, earlier repairs.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ff. 2-100: text in two columns.

Ff. 1v, 101r-103r: text in one column.

Hand(s)

Yemenite square scripts of the 17th-18th century; vocalised: Hebrew with sublinear (Tiberian), Aramaic with superlinear (Babylonian) vocalisation. By several hands:

F. 1v;

Ff. 2r-100v;

F. 101r;

Ff. 102r-103r.

Decoration

Additions:

Front flyleaves (ii)-(iv): scribbles in pen and pencil.

Binding

Post-1600, black cloth binding.

Title on spine: 'Haphṭaroth. Hebrew & Aramaic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9897.'

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Yemen

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription by Yaḥia ibn Elkohan(?) on front flyleaf (iv)r: האדה אלפטרה חק יחיא ן' סאלם אלכהן יצ"ו ...

Ownership inscription by Rafael ibn Elkohan(?) f. 103v: הדה אלפטרה חק רפאל ן' יחיה אל כוהן ... השם ברוך הוא יזכהו לקנות ספרים הרבה ק'כ'י'

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 655; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 25 January 1926.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9897 (digital images currently unavailable)

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