Or 2536 Mavo (מבוא)
Title
Mavo (מבוא)Funders
- The Polonsky Foundation
Call number
Or 2536(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
British LibraryLanguage
Hebrew; Judeo-ArabicOrigin
Between 1684 and 1694
- Place
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SyriaDamascus
Summary
An introduction to Karaite ritual according to the use of Damascus, containing a series of liturgical directions, followed by the tracts on the accents, Hebrew grammar etc.
Notes
- Defective at the beginning and at the end.
- Lacuna after folios 16, 33, 49, 78, 81, 82, 85, 87, 113 ,116.
- Several leaves more or less damaged.
- An entry with the date 5525 (1765) as the time when the manuscript to which this page belonged originally was finished, folio 124r.
- Yedidyah Shelomoh Nasi ben Amtsiyahu Yosef Nasi: inscribed in an owner's entry, folio 17r.
- Shelomoh ben Eliyahu Ḥazan: inscribed, folio 122v.
- A note on the number of persons to be called up at the reading of the Torah, folio 17v.
- An English description of the manuscript in pencil, in a modern hand: folio [iii verso].
Extent
126 folios; 126 foliosFoliation
Contains later Arabic foliation.Support
PaperBinding
BM/BL in-house. Spine: 'Karaite Ritual. Heb. & Arab. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2536.'Layout
Script
Provenance
- Acquisition: Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 08 July 1882: inscribed (folio [128v]).
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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Table of contents
- fol. 5r — Introduction to the Pentateuch lections Lists of lections
- fol. 18r — On pericope Ha᾿azinu
- fol. 20r — Readings from the Torah
- fol. 22r — Series of Scripture verses
- fol. 28v — Piyuṭ
- fol. 30v — Introductory verses
- fol. 31v — Series of biblical verses for Megilat Purim
- fol. 34r — For the month of Av
- fol. 38v — Tokhaḥot
- fol. 40v — Special funeral offices
- fol. 47r — Prayers for the dying
- fol. 50r — On mid-day prayers on Sabbath-days
- fol. 57r — Propitiatory prayers
- fol. 65r — Penitential hymns and prayers
- fol. 83r — Benedictions
- fol. 86r — Grammatical section (fragments)
- fol. 92v — Grammatical section
- fol. 98v — Grammatical section
- fol. 101v — On numerals
- fol. 102v — On the authorship of Scripture
- fol. 108v — On chronology
- fol. 111r — A series of piyuṭim for Sabbath-days and festivals
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fol. 5r
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Section: Introduction to the Pentateuch lections Lists of lections
fol. 18r
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Section: On pericope Ha᾿azinu
fol. 20r
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Section: Readings from the Torah
fol. 22r
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Section: Series of Scripture verses
fol. 28v
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Section: Piyuṭ
fol. 30v
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Section: Introductory verses
fol. 31v
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Section: Series of biblical verses for Megilat Purim
fol. 34r
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Section: For the month of Av
fol. 38v
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Section: Tokhaḥot
fol. 40v
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Section: Special funeral offices
fol. 47r
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Section: Prayers for the dying
fol. 50r
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Section: On mid-day prayers on Sabbath-days
fol. 57r
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Section: Propitiatory prayers
fol. 65r
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Section: Penitential hymns and prayers
fol. 83r
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Section: Benedictions
fol. 86r
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Section: Grammatical section (fragments)
fol. 92v
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Section: Grammatical section
fol. 98v
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Section: Grammatical section
fol. 101v
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Section: On numerals
fol. 102v
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Section: On the authorship of Scripture
fol. 108v
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Section: On chronology
fol. 111r
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Section: A series of piyuṭim for Sabbath-days and festivals
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