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Detailed record for Additional 27126
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| Title |
Prayer book, Sephardic rite |
| Origin |
Spain |
| Date |
2nd half of the 14th or 1st half of the 15th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Sephardi semi-cursive script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
12 numerous initial-word panels and initial words decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing, in brown, red, and blue ink (ff. 1, 3, 43, 77, 92, 133, 135, 165v, 192v, 198, 236v, 241v). 1 pen-flourishing at the end of a text column (f. 132). 1decorated catchword, in brown ink (f. 267v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
85 x 65 (50 x 30) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 299 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end) |
| Collation |
39 quires: ifive (ff. 1-5), ii8-1 (ff. 6-12), iii-xiii8 (ff. 13-100), xiv-xv6 (ff. 101-112), xvi-xix8 (ff. 113-144), xx4 (ff. 145-148), xxi-xxiv8 (ff. 149-180), xxv8-1 (ff. 181-187), xxvi-xxxix8 (ff. 188-299). Hebrew quire numbering. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Acquired by the British Museum in 1865. |
| Notes |
Flesh and hair side are distinguishable. Erased and rewritten paragraphs (e.g., f. 92v). erased texts presumably by a censor (e.g., ff. 181, 181v). Ruling and sometimes pricking are visible. Incomplete at the beginning, and there are lacunae within the text. |
| 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), II, no. 692. |
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f. 92
Decorated initial-word panel |
f. 132
Penwork decoration |
f. 133
Decorated initial-word panel |
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f. 198
Decorated initial-word panel |
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