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Detailed record for Oriental 4227
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| ff. 1-279 |
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Bible with masorah |
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| ff. 1-279 |
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| Title |
Bible with masorah |
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| Origin |
France |
| Date |
14th century |
| Language |
Hebrew |
| Script |
Franco-German square and semi-cursive script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
Texts within an architectural frame on ff. 199v, 200, 200v. Carmina figurata on f. 198v. |
| Dimensions in mm |
265 x 185 (main text: 155/160 x 110/115) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 279 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves and a parcment flyleaf at the end) |
| Collation |
36 quires: i3 (ff. 1-3), ii8 (ff. 4-12), iii8 (ff. 13-20), iv8 (ff. 21-28), v8 (ff. 29-36), vi8 (ff. 37-44), vii8 (ff. 45-52), viii8 (ff. 53-60), ix12-1 (ff. 61-71), x8 (ff. 72-79), xi8 (ff. 80-87), xii8 (ff. 88-95), xiii8 (ff. 96-103), xiv8 (ff. 104-111), xv8 (ff. 112-119), xvi8 (ff. 120-127), xvii8 (ff. 128-135), xviii8 (ff. 136-143), xix8 (ff. 144-151), xx8 (ff. 152-159), xxi8 (ff. 160-167), xxii8 (ff. 168-175), xxiii8 (ff. 176-183), xxiv8 (184-191), xxv8 (ff. 192-199), xxvi2 (ff. 200-201), xxvii8 (ff. 202-209), xxviii8 (210-217), xxix8 (ff. 218-225), xxx8 (ff. 226-233), xxxi8 (ff. 234-241), xxxii8 (ff. 242-249), xxxiii8 (ff. 250-257), xxxiv8 (ff. 258-265), xxxv8 (ff. 266-273), xxxvi6 (274-279). Catchwords (often decorated, e.g., ff. 87v, 103v, 241v). |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Erased inscriptions (presumable in Latin letters) f. 3v (in the lower margin), f. 5 (upper part).
Purchased by the British Museum from Quaritch in March 1891 (f. 279v); probably Bernard Alexander Christian Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher. |
| Notes |
There is confusion in the collation due to a later re-binding: ff. 2-3 (maybe f. 1 as well) were initially at the end of the codex as the earlier pencil foliation and quire numbering with Roman numbers demonstrate.
Hebrew foliation starts on f. 6, ends on f. 271.
Pricking and ruling are often visible.
Edges colored red. |
| 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), I, no. 58.
Ilana Tahan, Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image (London, British Library, 2007), pp. 46-47. |
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ff. 1-279 |
| Bible with masorah |
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f. 4
Menorah |
ff. 199v-200
Text in architectural frame |
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