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Title

A collection of fragments from diverse sources.

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Arundel Or 50
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_Or_50
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Place

Part I: Germany Part II: Italy? Part III: Italy? Part IV: Italy Part V: Germany

Summary

A collection of fragments from diverse sources.

Notes

• Damp and mould damages, repaired and infilled before rebinding.
   
• Tears at edges.
   
• Usage stains.
   

Extent

Part I: Folios 1-6 Part II: Folios 17-28 Part III: Folios 39-45 Part IV: Folios 46-49 Part V: Folios 75-84;

Support

Mixed

Binding

Post-1600. Brown leather, gold-tooled 'Biblioteca Arundeliana' on the front upper cover. Spine: 'Orientalia. Varia. Mus. Brit. Bibl. Arundel. Cod. Orient. 50. Plut. CXVII. E.'

Layout

Part I: 1 column(s); ruled lines: 22; written lines: 22; Hard-point ruling visible. Part II: 1 column(s); ruled lines: 18-19; written lines: 18-19; Ink ruling. Square larger initial words. Part III: 1 column(s); ruled lines: 20; written lines: 20; Partly written in red ink. Ink ruling. Part IV: 1 column(s); ruled lines: 22-24; written lines: 22-24; Pricking and hard-point ruling visible. Part V: 1-2 column(s); ruled lines: 10; written lines: 10; Uniform layout. Hard-point ruling visible.

Script

Part I: Ashkenazi square script, punctuated, of the 15th century.Part II: Square and semi-cursive script (a Christian hand) of the 18th century.Part III: Hebrew and Latin script of the 18th century.Part IV: Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.Part V: Ashkenazi square script, punctuated, of the 17th century. Yosef ben Gershon: inscribed, folio 82v.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831.
   

Related resources

• Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Seliḥot סליחות
• fol. 17v — Diḳduḳ ῾ivri דקדוק עברי
• fol. 39v — ῾Inyane diḳduḳ עניני דקדוק
• fol. 46r — Ḳeta῾im bi-refu᾿ah קטעים ברפואה
• fol. 75r — Sidur סדור