Or 4840 Midrash ha-ḥefets (מדרש החפץ)
Title
Midrash ha-ḥefets (מדרש החפץ)Funders
- The Polonsky Foundation
Call number
Or 4840(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
British LibraryLanguage
Hebrew; ArabicOrigin
Between 1600 and 1699
- Place
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Yemen
Summary
Midrash ha-ḥefets, a philosophical midrash on the Pentateuch by Zechariah ben Solomon-Rofe, aka Yaḥya ben Saliman.
Notes
- Imperfect at the beginning and at the end.
- Several folios more or less damaged.
Extent
214 folios; 214 foliosSupport
PaperBinding
BM/BL in-house. Spine title: 'Midrash ha-Hefets. Hebrew-Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 4840.'Layout
Script
Provenance
- Acquisition: Morris, Heller & Weiss: purchased by the British Library on 14 November 1894: inscribed, folio [216v].
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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