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Detailed record for Oriental 1423
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| Author |
Maimonides (ha-Rambam) |
| Title |
The Guide of the Perplexed, Judeo-Arabic text (Dalalat al Ha'irin) |
| Origin |
Yemen |
| Date |
15th century |
| Language |
Judeo-Arabic |
| Script |
Yemenite square script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
Geometrical decoration, in colours (f. 3). Numerous initial words and chapter numbers, in colours. |
| Dimensions in mm |
255 x 200 (190 x 130) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 251 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
26 quires: i2 (ff. 2-3), ii-xiii10 (ff. 4-123), xiv8 (ff. 124-131), xv-xxv10 (ff. 132-241), xxvi10-2 (ff. 242-251, ff. 249, 250 added). Catchwords and quire numbering. |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Hayyim ben Abraham ben Saadia al-Basari, owner: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 4).
Solomon ben Saadia al-Figi ?: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 248v).
Two added astronomical tables probably from the 16th century (ff. 1, 251). A parchment bifolium has been added (ff. 249-250). Short composition in 16th script (f. 248).
Fischl Hirsch: purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 January 1877: inscribed (f. [252v]). |
| Notes |
Numerous marginal notes. |
| Select 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), III, no. 902. |
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f. 3
Decorated table |
ff. 4v-5
Text pages |
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