Collection ID: 0047 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Persian rendering of biblical stories.

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 13704
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13704
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Persian; Hebrew

Origin

Summary

Persian rendering of biblical stories.

Notes

• Severe water damage at foot and occasionally other edges.
   
• Tidemarks, mould stains and large losses, all repaired and infilled.
   
• A few usage stains.
   
• Ink smeared while wet.
   
• Ink occasionally fugitive in water.
   

Extent

335 folios; 335 folios

Support

Paper

Binding

BL in-house. Spine: 'Fath Nama. Jud. Pers. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 13704.'

Layout

Columns: 2; ruled lines: 20; written lines: 20; Uniform layout. Catchwords on every verso. Visible hard-point ruling.

Script

Persian semi-cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Purchased by the British Library in 1975.
   

Related resources

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

Licenses

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