Or 14594 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Eight works, four being in Judaeo-Persian

2. ff 11v-25v
Commentator: Unknown
Title: Poem with alternating strophes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Persian
Language(s): Judeo-Persian and Hebrew

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
6. ff 51v-70v
Author: Yosef ben Siman Zargānī
Title: Poems in Judaeo-Persian
Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
7. ff 77v-115r
Author: Yosef ben Yiṣhaq ben Mūsà
Title: Kitāb-i Antiochus

Apparently a copy of the version of the Hasmonean story, better known as Antiochusnāmah

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
8. ff 116r-132r
Author: Unknown
Title: A piyyut in honour of Purim, with alternating strophes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Persian
Language(s): Judeo-Persian and Hebrew

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 191 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 15 cm.

History

Origin: about 5663 ; Central Asia (?)

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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