Alliance Israelite Universelle, AIU 234
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AIU 234
Alliance Israelite Universelle (Paris, France)
Manuscript Book
פרוש התורה ליפת בן עלי
Codicological Definition
Codex
Vertical rectangle
Single manuscript
Content Description
Bible Commentary
- Hebrew
- Arabic
יפת הלוי
Japheth (or Yefet) ben ʿAli ha-Levi
active 10th century
פרשת ? בהר סיני אום בחקֹתי מפת
Karaite commentary of the Bible, Leviticus XXV-XXVII
First pages are missing
on
on
ום שני בשלושה עשר בחדש אב יהפך לשמחה שנת חמש מאות וארבעה ותשעים למלכות ישמעאל
19 July 1198
Cairo, Egypt
עיר אלקאהרה
Colophon
Tailpiece
Physical Description
210 mm
140 mm
165 mm
100 mm
53
Part of codex
The first pages are missing
Insect carvings and humidity stains
Visible
No
Paper
- Laid lines: Horizontal
- Chain lines clusters: Nº lines per cluster: 2
- Chain lines clusters: Separation between lines: 100 mm
- Burnishing: Yes
- Sizing: Yes
- Chain lines clusters: Interval separation: irregular
- Brown (iron-gall)
- Black (carbon based)
5V + III
I-1? (1r-1v) IV (2r-9v) I+1 (10r-12v) V (13r-22v) IV+1 (23r-31v) V (32r-41v) V (42r-51v) I (52r-53v)
Catchwords at the end of quires, position: end of line
It has been rebound.
Quire catchwords consist of repetition of words or parts of them but it is not used when it occurs within a quote of the Bible, which is half of the cases
There is pricking
Prickings for horizontal lines
There is ruling
Hard point
Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines
20
- Text on recto and verso
- Long lines
yes
20
- Space fillers
- Broken letters
- Spaces between paragraphs
- Paragraph marks and textual dividers
one or two dots
Hebrew
Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
2
Hand #1 of Item "AIU 234"
- Type: Main text scribe
- Scribe Identifications: Scribe not identified
- Observations:
Using a darker ink, he second hand is superposed to the original one to preserve the text. It is also responsible for the vocalization of the biblical quotations. While it is drawing carefully on top imitating the older, some traits of the ductus (more curved top bars, longer descendants) allow us to distinguish two different scribes.
Mixed
Tiberian
Vocalization of the Biblical quotations only. In very few cases the JA is vocalized with the Tiberian vowel signs (see fol. 48r)
Yods with symbols/abbreviation signs
Later
Bibliography
M. Schwab, Les manuscrits et les incunables hebreux de la Bibliotheque de l\'Alliance Israelite (in: REJ, 49 (1904) p. 74-88; 270-296)
