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Title

Nur al-tsulm, an Arabic-Hebrew midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch by Nathanael ben Isaiah.

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 2356
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2356
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew; Arabic

Origin

Place

Yemen

Summary

Nur al-tsulm, an Arabic-Hebrew midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch by Nathanael ben Isaiah.

Notes

• Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.
   
• Gaps after folios 29 and 48.
   
• Stained, partly water-damaged.
   

Extent

288 folios; 288 folios

Support

Paper

Binding

BM/BL in-house. Spine title: 'Nur Uz-Zulm. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2356.'

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: 24; written lines: 24; Uniform layout. Some catchwords preserved.

Script

Yemenite semi-cursive script of 15th century.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Nicolas Mavrocordato: purchased by the British Museum from him on 28 May, 1881: inscribed, [289v].
   

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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