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Or 10534

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Or 10534
Title:
Magen avot by Menahem ben Solomon Meiri
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
115 folios (no flyleaves)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10534 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Meiri, Menahem ben Solomon, 1249-1306,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/69813099,
Meiri, Menahem ben Solomon, 1249-1306,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/69813099,
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Or 10534

Magen avot by Menahem ben Solomon Meiri

Contents

A treatise on the customs of Provence.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-115v
Author: המאירי, מנחם בן שלמה Meiri, Menahem ben Solomon, 1249-1306
Title: מגן אבות
Title: Magen avot

On the customs of Provence in general and Perpignan in particular against the customs of Spain, particularly of Gerona (cf. Nahmanides). It contains 24 chapters, each devoted to a different custom.

F. 71r: ואחר כן הזכיר הרב ז"ל על אחד מזקנינו הגדולים אשר ... בקרקשונה אשר שמו בקרבי החכם ר' מנחם בר יצחק....

Rabbi Abraham ben David (of Posquieres?) is frequently mentioned; e.g. f. 76r: עוד כתב הרב על הרב ר' אברהם בר דוד ז"ל....

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; bull's head (e.g. ff. 101)
Extent: 115 folios (no flyleaves)
Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 159 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

10 quires: i-ix12 (ff. 1-12, 13-24, 25-36, 37-48, 49-60, 61-72, 73-84, 85-96, 97-108), x8-1 (ff. 109-115).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.

Collation is falling apart.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Ruling in hard point is visible.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Binding

Quarter-bound: leather spine with printed paper covers. Boxed.

Paper manuscript waste in the inner covers.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 1r: משה פיגוט’ ס"ט.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1069; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 28 October 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_10534 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Stern, Gregg, Philosophy and rabbinic culture : Jewish interpretation and controversy in medieval Languedoc. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL