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Detailed record for Oriental 2493
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| Title |
Portions from the Exodus with Arabic translation and commentary |
| Origin |
Persia, Babylonia or Egypt |
| Date |
14th century |
| Language |
Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic |
| Script |
Oriental square and semi-cursive script, partially punctuated |
| Decoration |
Numerous decorated panels inserted into the body of the text, in colours and gold. |
| Dimensions in mm |
210 x 140 (145 x 100) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 87 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Collation |
Mostly quires of 10 leaves. |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
K. No. 33: inscribed (f. 1).
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882: inscribed (f. [88v]). |
| Notes |
Incomplete at the beginning, and several lacunae. Ruling is visible. |
| Select bibliography |
George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), I, no. 332. |
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f. 1v
Decorated panel |
f. 16v
Decorated panel |
f. 45
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f. 45
Decorated panel |
f. 57v
Decorated panel |
f. 71
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f. 71
Decorated panel |
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