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MS. Heb. f. 34

Physical Description

Ff. 46.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/1

Contents

Fol. 1
A hymn based on the Song of Deborah

beg. and end missing, beg. זה כנענים הימית והימיג כנכות. וזה אמורים הימית בעבור בית נכות..

With vowel points: some peculiarities.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; oblong 16mo, vellum, injured and obliterated.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/2

Contents

Fol. 2
Fragment of the introduction to the lexicon of Menaḥem b. Seruq

ed. Filipowski, p. 4, line 13 (טעם מדעם) to line 31 (ככה ירוץ).

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; squ. 12mo, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/3

Contents

Fols. 3-8
Grammatical fragments
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
a.

(fol. 3) grammatical fragment in Arabic, on dagesh, א̇ו̇י̇ה̇ and ב̇ג̇ד̇כ̇פ̇ת̇,

beg. קולך ויהי דבר ייָי דגש למא אנקטע אלטעם פאן אתצל רפא בקולך ויהי דבר ...;

b.

(fol. 5b) headed והדה איצ̇א שרוט א̇ו̇י̇ה̇ ללמעלם אבו סעיד אהרן בן משה בן אשר נ̇נ̇ ..., an extract from the דקדוקי הטעמים,

as in Dukes קונטרס המסורת (Tübingen, 1846), p. 41, line 7 to p. 51, line 3 (shorter than Baer and Strack’s text);

c.

(fol. 8) headed והדא אלכלוף אלדי ביין אלמעלם אבו סעיד בן אשר רחמה אללה וביין גירה מן אלמעלמין פי א̇ו̇י̇ה̇,

including the passage in Dukes, ibid. p. 51, line 6 to p. 54, line 2, with variations from the edition.

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; oblong 16mo, vellum, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/4

Contents

Fol. 9
Grammatical fragment on verbs ע"ע, followed by a chapter on pealal forms

chapter on pealal forms beg. השעה עשרים כמו חלק חלקלק ... והבדלה בין אדום לבין אדמדם אדום ממטבע ומקנין ..., incomplete.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; oblong 16mo, paper.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/5

Contents

Fols. 10-20
Fragment of a סדור

beg. with והוא רחום, headed למעריב, ending with תפילה לכיפור, incomplete.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; small squ. 12mo, vellum, stained, beg. injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/6

Contents

Fol. 21
Fragment of the ס̇ יצירה (paragraphs 7 and 8) with Seadiah's commentary

beg. as in ed. Lambert, p. 100, line 17 (קליל ארתסמת) to p. 102, line 9 (בתלת תאואת).

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; lower margin cut, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/7

Contents

Fols. 22, 23
Fragment of a philosophical work, in Arabic, on the soul (or commentary on Gen. ii. 7)

beg. ... עלי אלשי אלדי יצאד ואנהא איצ̇א תרוץ̇ לנפס אלנבאתיה חתי תעדל שהותהא ותרדהא ען שרהא ותעטפהא אלי אלאעתדאל ....

On the margin in a later hand: ספר וידבר פשט לגאון פיומי ז̇ל̇ ול̇ א̇ס̇.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; small squ. 12mo (fol. 23 cut), vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/8

Contents

Fols. 24, 25
Fragments of Seadiah's commentary, in Arabic, on Daniel
Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
a.

(fol. 24) Daniel vii. 6 (רפע אליה סלטאן) to 7 (ומע̇ תקיפא);

b.

(fol. 25) Daniel vii. 13 (פהו אלמושוע), which is wanting in No. 2486, to 15, text.

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; small squ. 12mo, vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/9

Contents

Fols. 26, 27
Arabic translation of Daniel x. 2 to xi. 10, with short commentary

commentary beg. פי תלכ אל[איאם] אנא [דא]ניל כנת מתחזן ג̇ סואבע איאם ... אולהא מן ראס חדש ניסן אלי כרג פס[ח] ... נתחזן פי אעיאדנא ונבכי עלי כיר ... ודולה ירדהא אלה עלינא ....

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; oblong 16mo, vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/10

Contents

Fol. 28
Arabic translation of Ecclesiastes i. 1 to 14

preceded by an introduction, beg. missing, beg. ... ואלאן איהו אלמוטליע פי הדא אלכיתאב ינבגי לך אן תנצח נפסך עלא נחוו מא תקדמנא ביה מן דיבר שרף הדא אלכיתאב.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Syr. squ. Rabb. char.; oblong 16mo, vellum, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/11

Contents

Fols. 29, 30
Fragments of מדרש פנים אחרים
Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 29) as in Buber's ספרי דאגדתא על מגלת אסתר (Wilna, 1886), p. 56 seq. with variations;

b.

(fol. 30) ibid. p. 63, line 12 (כשם שהדס) to p. 64, line 30 (וידעו).

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; oblong 12mo, vellum, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/12

Contents

Fols. 31-34
Jerusalem Talmud תענית

fol. 65c, line 6 (לרבו תשמע) to fol. 66a, line 28 (כן תנו).

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; small squ. 12mo, vellum, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/13

Contents

Fols. 35, 36
Fragments of Responsa (?) on בבא מציעא
Language(s): Hebrew

fol. 35, beg. והשוליח יד בפיקדון מנין דתנן תמן השוליח יד בפיקדון ילקה בחסר וביתיר. וכופר בתחיית המ̇ מנין ...;

mostly from the ברייתא דישועה, paragraphs 21 sqq., but differing much from the text edited by Schönblum, in ג̇ ספרים נפתחים (Lemberg, 1877).

fol. 36, a section beg. אחרת אפטרופוס שמינהו אבי יתומי והניח מקרקעי חניות והצרות ותכשיטי הבית ....

Physical Description

Syr. Rabb. char.; small squ. 12mo, vellum, injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/14

Contents

Fols. 37, 38
Fragments of a book of divination, in Arabic

With vowel points, etc.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic
a.

(fol. 37) the introduction, beg. ... הדא כתאב גליל מרחב עלי אלעלאמאת והי אלחרוף אלתי פי אלביות ... והו אנה אדא סאל סאיל ען צ̇מירה פי קלבה ואראד ליט̇הר לה מא יכון מן חאלה פיגעל ידה עלי אחד אלחרוף ... וסר הדא אלכתאב ען סלימאן ... בן דאוד ...;

b.

(fol. 38) paragraphs 58 to 69.

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; small squ. 12mo, paper, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. f. 34/15

Contents

Fols. 39-46
Letters

Published in J.Q.R., vol. xviii, 1906, p. 401.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 39) a letter, beg. missing, written from Pumbadita to a person of importance in Spain, by a grandson of R. Ṭobh, son of R. Ẓemaḥ b. Palṭoi.

He says that the Spanish Jews formerly addressed questions to the Geonim, which he still possesses, but that they do so no longer. He ends by asking for a present of money.

Dated Nisan ר̇ס̇ד̇ = 1264 Sel.? = 953 A.D.;

b.

(fol. 44b) a letter written by Samuel b. Ḥofni to the congregation at Fez to console them for the persecution which they were suffering (from the Caliph Ḥakim ?); end missing.

Physical Description

Syr. curs. char.; 16mo, paper.

History

Origin: 953

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. ii, by Adolf Neubauer and Arthur Ernest Cowley, Oxford 1906, No. 2860.

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