Collection ID: 0047 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Psalms 42-72 accompanied by the German version of Moses Mendelssohn and the commentaries of Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno and Judah Lowe.

Funders

• The Polonsky Foundation

Call number

Or 9947
(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9947
• https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts

Publisher

British Library

Language

Hebrew; Yiddish

Origin

Summary

Psalms 42-72 accompanied by the German version of Moses Mendelssohn and the commentaries of Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno and Judah Lowe.

Notes

• Some small stains, especially at the beginning.
   

Extent

58 folios; 58 folios

Support

Paper

Binding

BM in-house. Spine: 'Psalms. Hebrew & German. Brit. Mus. Or. 9947.'

Layout

Columns: 1; ruled lines: ; written lines: ; Uniform layout. Main text surrounded by the commentary in the inner, outer and lower margins. Running title in the upper margin. Ruling in pencil, often visible.

Script

Sephardic semi-cursive and square script; main Hebrew text is punctuated, German translation and commentary are not punctuated.

Provenance

• Acquisition: Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 501: inscribed with his name (folio 1r); purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed (back flyleaf [ii]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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