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Title

Sefer Meḳor ḥayim, on the laws of sheḥitah and ṭerefah, compiled by Yaḥya ben Jacob Saliḥ.

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 4116
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_4116
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Place

Yemen

Summary

Sefer Meḳor ḥayim, on the laws of sheḥitah and ṭerefah, compiled by Yaḥya ben Jacob Saliḥ.

Notes

• Slightly stained.
   
• Folio 44r: a certificate of proficiency in ritual slaughter granted to Salam ibn Yaḥya, dated 2174 (1863).
   
• Ḥayim ibn Yosef Ḳoraḥ: inscribed, folio 1v.
   

Extent

44 folios; 44 folios

Support

Paper

Binding

BM in-house. Spine title: 'Yahya Salih. Mekor Chayyim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Or. 4116.'

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: 28; written lines: 28; Uniform layout. Initial words in each section is given in larger characters and ornamented in red ink. Running titles, ornamented in red ink. Horizontal catchwords on every page. Some marginal notes.

Script

Yemenite semi-cursive script of the 19th century.

Provenance

• Acquisition: B. Steinhart : purchased from him by the British Museum on 10 May 1890: inscribed (folio [45v]).
   

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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