Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 11828
- Record Id:
- 040-003367254
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002041530
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040684092.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 11828
- Title:
- Pentateuch
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002041530
040-003367254 - Is part of:
- Add MS 11828-12117 : Collection belonging to the late Right Rev. Samuel Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
Add MS 11828 : Pentateuch - Hierarchy:
- 032-002041530[0293]/040-003367254
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 11828-12117
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 48 membranes, 147 columns.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_11828 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomas Butler
- TEI:
-
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 11828
Pentateuch
Contents
Torah scroll.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-4rTitle: Sefer TorahTitle: ספר תורהThe second דרש of Lev. 10:16 is not written at the beginning of the line.
Physical Description
Parchment scroll of the 17th century.Form: scrollMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 48 membranes, 147 columns.Dimensions (leaf): 652/870 × 31630 mm.Collation
48 membranes, with wooden rollers.
Condition
Edge dirt and tears.
Stains on verso.
Slight worming at inner end.
Edges trimmed unevenly, with small folds at joins.
Layout
Columns:147
Ruled lines: 57 58
Written lines: 57 58
Uniform layout.
Ruling by hard point.
Visible pricking and stitching.
147 columns in total, two to four columns per membrane.
Three tagin on שעטנזגץ, and one on אבדהחיספקת. The letters ש and צ sometimes provided with four tagin, and ט and צ sometimes with five tagin. The letters בהכךמםספףקת occasionally with three tagin, and on הכמפר sometimes two.
The letter ח arched throughout.
Several instances of majuscular and minuscular letters.
Special shapes of the letter ו, נ, פ, ע, ח, ז, י, ל, ס, ר occur. The inverted נ before and after Num. 10:35-36 is missing.
The "puncta extraordinaria" placed on the words fixed by masorah.
Wooden rollers (870mm high).
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi square script of the 17th century.
Binding
BM in-house. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Germany?Provenance and Acquisition
1841-07-05
Presented to the British Museum by Rev. Thomas Butler on 05 July 1841.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.
Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_11828 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 4.Funding of Cataloguing
BL