[Leaves from a Psalter].
[דפים מתהלים].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Ege, Otto F., former owner.

Hoffman, B., former owner.

Colker, Marvin L., former owner.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Psalms

תנ"ך. תהלים.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Iraq--10th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Jews--Syria--10th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Israel--10th century--History--Sources.

Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval.

psalters (books)

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Otto F. Ege, who wrote that "it was one of the earliest medieval Hebrew manuscripts" (Christie's).

Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina (former call number MLC 028); purchased by Colker from B. Hoffman in London, 1986 (Christie's).

Sold by Christie's London, Online auction 21173 (November 28, 2022) as part of the collection of Marvin L. Colker.

Physical Description:

4 leaves : parchment ; 90 x 155 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Iraq?], [9--].

[בבל?], [9--].

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript portion of a Psalter, written on parchment; surviving text begins with the preserved inner margin of f.1r, והפר כעסך עמנו (Psalms LXXXV:5) until הטה יהוה אזנך ענני כי יחיד ו[עני אני] (LXXXVI:1); the following [damaged text] ... [כי חסיד] אני הושע עבדך (verse 2) until אודך יהוה (verse 12; f1v); text continues on the following folio until אוהב יהוה שער[י ציון] (LXXXVII:2; f. 2r) until [מכל משכ]נות יעקב until the bottom of f. 2v, [מחלת] לענות משכיל (LXXXVIII:1), continuing the text on f. 3r until עיני ד[א]וה מ[ני עוני] (verse 10), continuing with [הי]ום שתחטי אליך כפי (ibid.) until ס[בוני] כמים (verse 18; f. 3v); and the fourth fragmentary leaf survives only at the inner margin, and shows text from the later verses of LXXXIX (indicating that the inner bifolium is missing). The outer corners are damaged and are brittle; the amount of damaged text indicates that the original codex was oblong.

Notes:

Ms. gathering.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Parchment, 4; 1⁴; modern foliation in pencil.

Binding: Remnants of binding cords inside gutter.

Origin: Written probably in Iraq, Syria, or Palestine during the 10th century (script); possibly found in the Cairo Genizah.

Layout: Written in 11 long lines; two Psalm superscriptions (לבני קרח) written between blank spaces, with an additional colon (f. 2r,v).

Script: Written in a Oriental square script, vocalized (Tiberian), with cantillation, plosive marks, and certain points above words (for example, כל-גוים (f. 1v)); final folio likely written in a different hand.

Related Collections:

Another oblong Bible fragment with a surviving folio written in 11 lines, with vocalization, cantillation, and plosive marks, is Cambridge University Library T-S NS 246.26.2 ; this is the oldest dated medieval Hebrew Bible manuscript, copied by Joseph b. Nimorad in 903-4 C.E., in Gunbad-i-Mallgān (modern Dogonbadan or Gachsārān, Iran; Cambridge University Library).

Cited as:

Leaves from a Psalter. (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 639). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Bible. Psalms, LXXXV.

Bible. Psalms, LXXXVI.

Bible. Psalms, LXXXVII.

Bible. Psalms, LXXXVIII.

Bible. Psalms, LXXXIX.

OCLC:

1378901342

Access Restriction:

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