Or 14595 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Four Judaeo-Persian and Hebrew texts

1. ff 1r-2v
Author: Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625? Israel Najjara
Title: Zemirot (songs)
Language(s): Judeo-Persian and Hebrew

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
2. ff 2v-11v
Author: Ibn Gabirol, 11th cent. Shlomoh ben Gabirol
Title: Untitled

An incomplete tafsīr (paraphrase and commentary) of Shemor libbi,,,ʼAzhara

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
3. ff 12v-15r
Author: Ibn Gabirol, 11th cent. Shlomoh ben Gabirol
Title: Tafsīr-i ʼazhrot

A paraphrase and commentary on Shemor libbi,,,ʼAzhara

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
4. ff 15r-15v
Author: Ibn Gabirol, 11th cent. Shlomoh ben Gabirol
Title: Azhrot

A work alternating Judaeo-Persian and Hebrew strophes

Followed by ff. 26r-41v by two Hebrew works

Language(s): Judeo-Persian and Hebrew

References

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 41 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12 cm.

History

Origin: 18th or 19th century CE ; Central Asia

Record Sources

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

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