MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a
Oriental Manuscripts Oppenheim Collection
Contents
Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch preceded by anonymous grammatical work
Published from this MS by Derenbourg (1870).
Written for Saʿadiah ben Yeshuʿah ben Daṿid. Date given in colophon is Marḥeshṿan 1790 AS (anno Seleuci, Seleucid era) (=1478 CE).
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Yemenite semi-cursive and square script.
Fols. 1v-31v: Yemenite semi-cursive script.
Fols. 32r-316v: Yemenite square script.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchase note dated 1882 AS (=1571 CE): "קנינו אנו העדים החותמין למטה מן גיאת בן דאוד בן סעיד בן גי’את אלגמל ... אתתפ"ב שנין לשטרי במדינה צנעא ... יוסף בן אברהם יסל", מוזכר בו גם הבעלים: "יחיא בן דאוד אלחמאמי". (fol. 32v). List of births at the beginning and at the end dated 1823-1920 AS (=1512-1609 CE)
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