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Detailed record for Oriental 2348
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| Title |
Grammatical introduction (Makhberet ha-Tigan) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with masorah magna and parva (ff. 38v-end) |
| Origin |
Yemen (Sana) |
| Date |
1469 |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Yemenite square script, partially punctuated |
| Scribe |
Benaiah ben Saadia ben Zachariah ben Marga |
| Decoration |
4 carpet pages in colours (ff. 38v, 39, 154v, 155), Micrographical designs in the margins (e. g., ff. 76, 76v, 88, 88v). 3 pages decorated with medallions filled with geometrical design in colours and micrography between the two columns of text (ff. 151v, 152, 152v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
400 x 280 (300 x 215) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 158 (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
Too tight bound to determine gathering structure. |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Said ibn Ibrahim al-Isrili, the patron (Hebrew version of his name in Or 2211): inscribed with his name in the colophon, Sana, 1469 (ff. 154v-155).
Joseph ben Soliman/Solomon: inscribed with his name in two purchase notes (f. 37v).
Benjamin ben Abraham: inscribed with his name in two purchase notes (f. 37v).
Abraham ben Joseph ben Said Hanatzel: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (f. 38).
Saalam ben Joseph ben Abraham: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (f. 38).
Ha-Cohen David ben Joseph: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (f. 38).
Joseph ben Saadia: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (f. 38).
Abraham ben Joseph: inscribed with his name in a purchase note, Adar .. .. [year is deleted] according to the Seleucid era (f. 38).
Erased inscription in Hebrew characters (f. 154).
Judah ben Saadia .. .. : inscribed with his name in the margin (f. 156v).
Erased inscription with Hebrew characters (f. 158v).
Mr Nic. Mavrocordato: purchased by the British Museum from him on 28 May, 1881 (f. [159v]). |
| Notes |
The scribe's name is not mentioned in the colophon,on his identification, see Richard Ettinghausen, 1964, p. 33. |
| Select bibliography |
Richard Ettinghausen, 'Yemenite Bible Manuscripts of the XVth Century', L. A. Mayer Memorial Volume, Eretz-Israel, 7 (1964), 32-39 (p. 33).
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), I, no. 89.
Stanley Ferber, 'Micrography: a Jewish Art Form', Journal of Jewish Art, 3-4 (1977), pp. 12-24 (pp. 15-18).
Joseph Gutmann, Hebrew Manuscript Painting (New York: Braziller, 1978), pp. 40-43.
Bezalel Narkiss, Kitvei yad ivriyim metzuyarim (Jerusalem: Keter, 1984), pp. 23, 74-75.
Ilana Tahan, Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image (London, British Library, 2007), pp. 22-27.
Sacred: Books of the Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (London: British Library, 2007), p. 138 [exhibition catalogue]. |
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f. 15v
Text page |
ff. 38v-39
Carpet pages |
f. 39
Carpet page |
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f. 151v
Decorated page |
f. 152
Decorated page |
f. 152v
Decorated bands |
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ff. 154v-155
Carpet pages with colophon |
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