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Or 14596 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Contents

Eight texts, almost entirely in Judaeo-Persian

1. ff 1r-10r
Commentator: Unknown
Title: Untitled

A prose commentary on Dodi yored le-ganno, a mystical messianic dialogue between God and Knesset Israel

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
2. f 10r
Author: Unknown
Title: Two quatrains
Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
3. ff 10v-11v
Author: Unknown
Title: Untitled

A commentary upon Yigdal

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
4. ff 11v-12r
Translator: Translator Unknown
Title: Untitled

Translation of a poem by Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?, from his Zemirot Yisraʼel, זמירות ישראל

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
5. ff 12r-18r
Author: Unknown
Title: Munājātnāmah
Title: مناجاتنامه

A book of meditative prayers

With a muckhammas by Amīnā, امینا

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
6. ff 18r-21r
Author: Unknown
Title: Munājātnāmah
Title: مناجاتنامه

A book of meditative prayers

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 64.
7. ff 11v-12r
Author: Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?
Title: Zemirot Yisraʼel
Title: זמירות ישראל

Selection of Poems from this work

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 65.
8. ff 26v-29v
Author: Ṭufayl طفیل
Title: Poems on messianic themes

Defective

Language(s): Judeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 65.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 29 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 12 × 14 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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