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Or 10857

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Or 10857
Title:
Sermons on the Bible and novellae on the Talmud
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
310 folios (i+310+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10857 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10857

Sermons on the Bible and novellae on the Talmud

Contents

A collection of sermons on the Bible and ḥidushim on the Talmud.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-310v
Title: ילקוט דרושים על התנ"ך, וחדושים על התלמוד
Title: Yalḳuṭ derushim ʿal ha-Tanakh, ṿe-ḥidushim ʿal ha-Talmud

Quotes from various Midrashim and books, among which are: a commentary by Rabbi Pinto (upper margin of f. 3r: וכן מפרש הרי’ פינטו), a novellae on Rabbi Eliʿezer’s homiletic commentary (f. 5r: ובדרוש של הרב כמוהר"ר אליעזר אלוער זלה"ה חידשתי ...), etc.

Ff. 305-310 have been rebound incorrectly upside down (in the digital surrogate, the images has been rotated for readability). Hebrew foliation on ff. 267-282 (= ff. תקג-תקיח) shows that this section is out of sequence. F. 266 = f. תם and f. 283 = f. תמא.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 310 folios (i+310+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 210/215 × 150/155 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink, according to which at least 176 folios are missing from the beginning (f. 1 = f. קעז).

Collation

Indeterminable.

Condition

Water damage, mould, usage stains, worm damage.

Fragile, damaged leaves, collation is detached from binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

Binding

Post-1600, blue cloth binding.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 991; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 22 April 1931.

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_10857 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

BL