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Or 10550
ʿEn ḳoreʾ by Joseph ben Shem Tov
Contents
Homiletic work.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-69rTitle: עין הקוראTitle: ʿEn ha-ḳoreʾContains material on the art of preaching, and criticises contemporary preachers.
With marginal notes by, among others, the copyist Avraham.
The copyist writes in the colophon about the revisions and corrections he made in the work, based on five manuscripts he read.
Begins: עין הקורא לא אליכם כל יודעי דת ודין הגדולה והגבורה והתפארת לשון מדוברת גדולות
Ff. 2v-6v: table of contents.
The date in the colophon is erased and overwritten.
Colophon: אמר אברהם בן לאדוני כמהר"ר אפרים ן' שנג'י זצ"ל הנה נא העתקתי ספר הזה בטורח גדולה האיש הזה עם רוב בקיאותו בכחמה נפקדו ממנו דרכי לשוננו הקדו' ותקנתי מהשיכלתי מהטעיות המזיקות בקבלת הענין אשר כפי דרכי הדקדוק מבלי החליף המליצות גם באולידי ה' נסח ואות הנמצאות בעיר ומצאתי בהם שנוי רב זה חסר וזה יתר והעליתי בידי מכללם פתשגן זה ונמצא היותר מדוירק ושלם שאפשר עם שהספר בעצמו נמצא בלתי שלם כאדומה נאבדו מההעתק הראשון קצת עלים מקצת מקומות באמצע ובסופו ויגעתי והשלמתי מפתחותיו על הדרך שהחל המחבר לסדרם אחלה פני אל יחנני להנחילו אל יוצאי חלכי ולשום לי שארית בארץ ולהחיותי החיים הנצחיים ... והיתה השלמתו יום ו' לחדש אדר שנת ויירש ז'ר'ע'ך f. 69rReferences
Saperstein, Marc, Jewish preaching, 1200-1800: an anthology (New Haven: Yale University Press, ©1989), pp. 387-392.Saperstein, Marc, Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Union College Press, c1996), pp. 163-166.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: eagle in medallion (e.g. ff. 13 and 16).Extent: 71 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 167 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 56v is blank.
Collation
6 quires: i12-6 (ff. 1-6), ii-iv16 (ff. 7-22, 23-38, 39-54), v16-1 (ff. 55-69), vi6-4 (ff. 70-71).
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage, worm damage.
Collation is falling apart, and it is detached from binding.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Ruling is visible.
Maniculae e.g. on ff. 39v, 47v, 55r.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 15th century; in black and red ink. Copied by Abraham ben Ephraim ibn Sancho.
Decoration
Additions:Ff. 1r-1v and 70v: a compilation of aggadot (legends). Begins: מדרש שיר השירים על פסוק נפת תטפנה (f. 1r).
Binding
Dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled. Boxed.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1536-1537Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions: 'M. Gaster Jerusalem 14...' (f. 1r); שמעיה אנג'יל(?)(f. 2r); תלין וזרעו יירש ארץ ויזכו בני לקרוא בו הצעיר נסים בכמהר"ר אברהם ז"ל ן' שנגי (f. 69r).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 760; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 December 1929.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Bibliography
Beit-Arie, Malachi, 'Transmission of Texts by Scribes and Copyists: Unconscious and Critical Interferences' Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75 (1993), pp. 48-49.Funding of Cataloguing
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