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Or 1443

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Or 1443
Title:
Samaritan Pentateuch
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
223 folios (ii+223+iv)
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Samaritan
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Samaritan
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1350
Date Range:
1300-1350
Era:
CE
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Or 1443

Samaritan Pentateuch

Contents

Language(s): Samaritan

ff. 1v-223
Title: תורה שומרונית
Title: Torah Shomronit

Paper leaves added later: ff. 1-40, 73-80, 163, 173-179, 182-211, 213-214, 216-217, 220-223. Ff. 180 and 181 are half parchment half paper.

Colophon: Colophon in Arabic on f. 223r.
ff. 1v-63r
Title: Genesis
ff. 64r-106r
Title: Exodus
ff. 106v-133r
Title: Leviticus
ff. 133v-171v
Title: Numbers
ff. 172r-223r
Title: Deuteronomy

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the the 14th century with late 18th century additions on paper.
Form: codex
Material: mixed
Support:
Extent: 223 folios (ii+223+iv)
Dimensions (leaf): 375 × 290 mm.
Dimensions (written): 240 × 185 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, rodent damage.

Iron gall ink corrosion on the paper leaves.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Samaritan scripts of the 14th century and 18th century. Original scribe: Ithamar b. Aaron b. Ithamar b. Aaron b. Abi Ozzi b. Pinhas b. Eleazar b. Netanel b. Eleazar, High Priest in Damascus. The 18th-century scribe who did the reconstruction was Salama b. Ab Zehuta b. Joseph b. Ab Zehuat b. Isaac of the Safr family.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Pentateuch. Samaritan. Brit. Mus. Oriental 1443.'

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1300-1350 Date of the original manuscript: first half of the 14th century. Later additions are from 1793 Syria (Damascus)

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchase note on f. 63r: witnessed by Ishmael Romahi, Tabya b. Abraham Romahi and Abi Ozzi b. Harabban Joseph, records the purchase of the manuscripts by Abd Yahweh b. Sadaqa of the Munis family from Abraham b. Ab Elyon of the Meter family in Jummada II 925 AH (1519 CE).

Purchase note on f. 106r: drafted by Netanel b. Ishmael b. Netanel, the Levite, and witnessed by Saʿad Allah b. Joseph b. Saʿad Allah of the Ikkara family records the purchase of the manuscript by Joseph b. Abi Hapetah b. Joseph of Adbah family in 966 AH (1558 CE) from Nefusha b. Joseph b. Ab Nefusha of the best of his family in Muharram 854 AH (1450 CE) for 20 gold Florentine dinars..

Purchase note on f. 171v: partly illegible; witnessed by [Joseph] ben Aaron b. Joseph Harabban of the Damascene High Priestly family, records the purchase of the manuscript by Abu Said b. Joseph b. Ab Nefusha b. Joseph from the priest Seth b. Israel b. Joseph of the Madrurah clan of the Damascene priests, in 75... (ca. 1349-1357), for 800 silver pieces.

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (iv)v: 'Bt of Yakoob al-Shalabi. 13 Oct. 1877.'; date of accession November 1877.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), and on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1443 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Catalogue of Anglo-Jewish historical exhibition, 1887 : Royal Albert Hall and of supplementary exhibitions ... (London: Clowes, 1887), p. 193.
    Derenbourg, H., 'Catalogue des manuscrits judaiques entres au British Museum de 1867-1890', Revue des études juives 23 (1891).
    Von Gall, Agust Freiherrn, Hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner. (Giessen: Alfred Töpelmann, 1914-1918), his manuscript R.
    Crown, Alan David, A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 129.

Funding of Cataloguing

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