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Title

A Yiddish paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus (1-21)

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 9911
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9911
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Yiddish

Origin

Summary

A Yiddish paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus (1-21)

Extent

49 folios; 49 folios

Foliation

Folios 47v and 48r are blank.

Support

Paper

Binding

BM in-house. Spine: 'Or. 9911. Brit. Mus. Genesis & Exodus. Hebrew & German.'

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: ; written lines: ; No ruling, lines are curved or misaligned. Very narrow margins left. Scribbles and a citation on folio 48v.

Script

Ashkenazi cursive script of the 19th century.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 584: inscribed with his name (folio 1r); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (back flyleaf [iv]v).
   

Related resources

• Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996).

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