Yemenite manuscript consisting of Va-yiḳra, Ba-midbar, Devarim. (DS764) (Q4020)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9924372983503681, CAJS Rar Ms 242)
- Bible.
- תורה.
- חומש תימני כולל ויקרא, במדבר, דברים.
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| English | Yemenite manuscript consisting of Va-yiḳra, Ba-midbar, Devarim. (DS764) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9924372983503681, CAJS Rar Ms 242) |
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Yemenite manuscript consisting of Va-yiḳra, Ba-midbar, Devarim.
חומש תימני כולל ויקרא, במדבר, דברים.
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Daṿid ben Benayah ben Seʻadyah ben Zekharyah
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Altsaʻadi, Seʻadyah ben Yehudah
אלצעבי, סדעיה בן יהודה
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Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
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Manuscripts, Digital
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1492-1509
15. century
16. century
1492Gregorian
1509Gregorian
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Extent: 157 leaves : paper ; 275 x 205 (195 x 95) mm bound to 285 x 210 mm
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"Nikhtevah zot ha-Torah ha-ṭohorah ṿeha-temimah le-ḥaver ha-ṭov ṿeha-naʼim neṭaʻ shaʻashuʻim... Seʻadyah ... b.Yehudah . b.Yosef ha-yaduʻa al-Tsaʻadi ... ."--Colophon (leaf 156 recto)
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Origin: Written in Yemen in 1509 (Menachem Glatzer).
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Ms. codex.
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David Sasson ascibes authorship of the the poem "Shir l'Adonai shir emunah" to Benayah ben Seʻadyah ben Zekharyah (Ohel Daṿid, 1943, v. 2, p. 605). M. Beit-Arye acribes authorship of the poem to "Mosheh" (Sefer Haberman, 1977, p. 37-150).
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Foliation: Paper, iii (modern) + 157 + iii (modern); [i, 1-106, 108, 107, 109-156], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
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Layout: Written in 20 lines.
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Script: Writen in square Temanic script, by Daṿid ben Benayah ben Seʻadyah ben Zekharyah and possibly additional hands, vocalized and punctuated. Masorah is written on each page on upper, lower and outer margins, in the latter in a zigzag form (f. 2-152); text unvocalized and lacking masorah (f. 153-154); the writing at the beginning and at the end looks later.
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Binding: Modern leather, blind-tooled.
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Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.
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Formerly held in the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning; gift from the Dropsie College Alumni Association, 1940s.
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Formerly owned by Seʻadyah ben Yehudah Altsaʻadi.
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Sold as part of the Romanoff Collection.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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