Or 2451 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Contents

2 works by Josiah ben Mevorakh al-‘Akuli

1. ff 1v-362v

Title: The Pentateuch, Haftarot and Psalms in Hebrew

Language(s): Hebrew

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 38.

2. ff 363r-375r

Author: Josiah ben Mevorakh al-‘Akuli

Title: Judaeo-Persian tract on the calendar

With special reference to the cycles (mahazorim) and rules for fixing the Jewish festivals

Folios 362r-363v and foll. 376-378 are fragments of other tracts on the calendar

Copied in Qum قم

Language(s): Judaeo-Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 38.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 378 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 18.1 × 13.7 cm.

History

Origin: 1483 CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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