YIDDISH MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY

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([Naples], 1488).^^ These Yiddish glosses deserve attention not only in the context of the broad history of the Makre Dardeke,^^ but also in relation to other multilingual Hebrew and Yiddish lexicons.'® Another instance of Yiddish handwritten notes in an early Hebrew book was recently uncovered in the course of bibhographic research on Hebrew incunabula in the British Library. 'An old hand-written Hebrew list of manuscripts, printed books and other properties', bound up with the editio princeps (pressmark C.5O.d.7) of Jacob b. Asher's code, Arba'ah Turim (Piove di Sacco, 1475), was found to include Yiddish text, of no little period interest."^^ The significance squeezed out of this list demonstrates what seemingly fragmentary items can become when knowingly read. The above survey gives a brief and only preliminary account of some fifty Yiddish manuscript texts in the collections of the British Library.'^ In the absence of a definitive study of Yiddish palaeography and codicology, still a desideratum of Hebraic bibliography,^^ the dating and more precise provenance within Eastern and Central Europe of some Yiddish manuscripts will necessarily remain tentative. Given the current upsurge of academic and general interest in Yiddish in Britain and abroad, the British Library's Yiddish manuscript collections will continue to attract attention. Much remains to be learned from them. APPENDIX CONCORDANCE OF <strong>YIDDISH</strong> MS. NUMBERS (manuscripts discussed in this survey) BL MS. no. Arundel 27 Harley 7013 Sloane 3173 Add. 10455 Add. 11038 Add. 17867 Add. 18688 Add. 18694 Add. 18695 Add. 18724 Add. 27O45(B) Add. 27071 Add. 27204 Add. 39561 Or. 5834 Or. 9911 British Library MS. numbers Margoliouth cat. no. Margoliouth 244 Margoliouth 1049 Margoliouth 612 Margoliouth 79 [Ginsburg 19] Margoliouth 651 Margoliouth 981 Margoliouth 102 Margoliouth 683 Margohouth 611 Margoliouth 925 [Almanzi 151] Margoliouth 684 [Almanzi 176] Margoliouth 874 [Almanzi 318] Margoliouth 679 Gaster 584 94
Or. 9999 Gaster ^ Or. ioooo Gaster 513 Or. ioooi Gaster 514 Or. 10002 Gaster ioio Or. 10003 Gaster 1064 Or. 10009 Gaster 533 Or. iooio Gaster 532 Or. 10086 Gaster 509 Or. 10330 Gaster 1061 Or. 10343 Gaster 103 Or. 10347 Gaster 120 Or. 10348 Gaster 109 Or. 10396 Gaster 676 Or. 10568 Gaster 932 Or. 10668 Gaster 117 Or. 10735 Gaster 722 Or. 10755 Gaster 1200 Or. 10790 Gaster 1203 Or. 12069 - Or. 12283 Gaster 133 Or. 12333 Gaster 1223 Or. 12983 — 11745.aaaa.27 [catalogued as printed book] C.5O.d.7 [printed book with MS. notes] C.5O.d.2o [printed book with MS. notes] Margoliouth numbers Margoliouth cat. no. BL MS. nO. Margoliouth 79 [Ginsburg 19] Add. 10455 Margoliouth 102 Add. 18694 Margoliouth 244 Arundel 27 Margoliouth 611 Add. 18724 Margoliouth 612 Sloane 3173 Margoliouth 651 Add. 17867 Margoliouth 679 Or. 5834 Margoliouth 683 Add. 18695 Margoliouth 684 [Almanzi 176] Add. 27071 Margoliouth 874 [Almanzi 318] Add. 27204 Margoliouth 925 [Almanzi 151] Add. 27O45 Margoliouth 981 Add. 18688 Margoliouth 1049 Harley 7013 95
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