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Or 10738
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- Or 10738
- Title:
- Two fragments of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 157 folios (iii+157+iii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10738 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1300-1399
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10738
Two fragments of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides
Contents
Two fragments of codices of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 157 folios (iii+157+iii)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, black buckram binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '1382 יד החזקה תימן'.
History
Origin: 1300-1399 14th century YemenProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1382; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 4 February 1932.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-98vTitle: משנה תורה (ספר הפלאה, קרבנות)Title: Mishneh Torah (sefer Haflaʾah, Ḳorbanot)Incipit: בשם יי אל עולםContains Sefer Ḳorbanot up to the middle of Chapter 4 of Hilkhot Terumah; Sefer Haflaʾah from the middle of Chapter 2 of Hilkhot Shevuʿot.
Ff. 98r-98v: Ḳeṭaʿ from Hilkhot Nedarim, bound incorrectly.
Colophon: נגמר דפתרא הדין בעזרת שדי בתרין בשבא דהוא עשרין וארבע יומין בירח אייר שנת אתרצה [לשטרות] לחיין אריכין ושנין נפישין למריה יוסף ב"ר אבא מארי זכריה יש"ל f. 97vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Yellowish Oriental paper.Extent: 98 folios (ff. 1-98)Dimensions (leaf): 252 × 192 mm.Dimensions (written): 192 × 147 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable (side-sewn?).
No catchwords.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, ff. 1 and 2 are loose.
Dirt, usage stains.
Very fragile leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 27
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 14th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1384 1384 YemenProvenance
II
Contents
ff. 99r-157vTitle: משנה תורה (ספר זמנים)Title: Mishneh Torah (sefer Zemanim)Incipit: יש בכללן שתי מצוות עשה מדברי סופרים ואינן מן המניין וביאורLeaves are not in sequence; misbound.
Marginal notes by various hands.
Incomplete.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Yellowish Oriental paper.Extent: 59 folios (ff. 99-157)Dimensions (leaf): 242 × 188 mm.Dimensions (written): 194 × 160 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Dirt, usage stains, worm damage, liquid damage.
Very fragile, brittle leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 25
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 14th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1300-1399 14th century YemenProvenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10738 (digital images currently unavailable)
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