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Or 10851
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- 032-003453072
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- Format:
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- Or 10851
- Title:
- Miscellaneous volume in Hebrew
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 99 folios (i+99+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10851 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1652
- End Date:
- 1652
- Date Range:
- 1652
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10851
Miscellaneous volume in Hebrew
Contents
A collection of sermons, poetical pieces, ethical, halakhical works, etc.
Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic
ff. 1r-67vTitle: MiscellanyIncipit: זה סדרו של עולם יתברך בוראו בששה ימיםContains among others: מדרש ארכו של עולם (f. 1r); דין לחם פסח (ff. 6r-6v); דרש לתפלין ולציצית (f. 7r); קדוש לפסח (f. 11r); ספר זרובבל (ff. 15r-16v); מעשה רבי יהושע בן לוי ז"ל שאירע לו (f. 29r); זה ספר בן סירא עם מעשיות שבתלמוד (ff. 39r-16v); מעשה חירם (f. 61r); pizmonim ff. 63r-63v and 64r-65v).
F. 24v: אני הצעיר משה שאלתי בילדותי את רבותי וגדולים ממני חכמי ישראל ז"ל.....
At the beginning of the Alphabet of Ben Sira on f. 39r: והעתק כתב ששלח פישטרי נואן דילא. F. 42r: אתחיל לכתוב ספר בן סירא ומעשיותיו ופסוקיו ב"ע האל.....
Ff. 32, 38, 40, 41, 45-48, 51-52 are smaller leaves from another manuscript inserted into the collation. Ff. 53-54 are written in a different hand.
Contains also printed leaves: סדר הלמוד (ff. 33-37).
Colophon: ... ... הצעיר משה בכה"ר יצחק תמ"ך עמאדי יע"א תושלב"ע חז"ק בעיר סנדור עיר משה הבחור נכנס תמיד במדרש f. 42rColophon: נשלם ספר בן סירא בסיעא דאל גדול גבור ונורא תם ונשלם שבח לאל בורא עולם הסופר לא יזק לא ביום ולא בלילה לא היום ולא לעולם... נאום הסופר אשטל הכופר וב"י עופר משה הסופר בשנת ... ואלה בתולי בתי חודש אייר שמונה ימים בו שלשה ועשרים יום לעומר ... f. 57vff. 68r-73rTitle: מאמר משרא קטריןTitle: Maʾamar meshare ḳiṭrinSecond half of the printed edition of Istambul 1510, see colophon on f. 73r.
ff. 74r-83vTitle: אלפא ביתא דבן סיראTitle: Alfa beta de-ben SiraPart of the printed edition of Istambul 1519.
ff. 84r-99rTitle: שבט יהודהTitle: Sheveṭ YehudahPart of a printed edition (to be identified).
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 99 folios (i+99+i)Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 152 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on almost every page in the handwritten parts.
Condition
Burn damage, water damage, usage stains.
Collation is falling apart.
Layout
Columns:1
Layout is not uniform.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th century. The majority of the volume was copied by Moses ben Isaac (cf. f. 42r). Same scribe copied New York, Columbia University Library, MS X 893 T 72.
Ff. 32, 38, 40, 41, 45-48, 51-52 written in another hand.
Ff. 53-54 written in a third hand.
Decoration
Decorated initial-word panel on f. 64r.
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, blue cloth binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '942 משלים מעשיות א"ב בן סירא פזמונים וכ''.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1652 Handwritten part is from 1652; printed sections are mostly from the 16th century. Iraq (Sandur)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 942; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 May 1930.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Bibliography
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