6-7,14 b , 16», 18», 80 b -81 a , 89 a ), 6 “zafat" (fols. 8,79 b -80 b , 81 a , 88 a ) and one "haduya" (fol. 89 b ). 7 "hallelot"by diff. hands appear (fol. 55 b , 74, 83 b , 89 b ). - Fols. 21-26 are small leaves (ca. 118 x 80) probably of an earlier date, sewn in upside down and therefore in reverse order. Fols. 23-26 contain 5 “hallelot" and 2 “nishwad”. On fols. 21-22 an inexpertly written “hallel". - Fols. 37-45 are small ruled leaves (ca. 170 x 70) of a recent date, containing 5 “hallelot” and one “nashid”, inexpertly written. It is not easy to establish the original order of the leaves. There is a Hebrew num bering, but several numbers occur twice. However, the MS probably does not consist of two or more different originals (the obvious additions, fols. 21-26, 37-45, excepted), although the writing varies a great deal in style. A tentative original order based upon the numbering of the “shirot” and the catchwords : (...), 84-86, (...), 87, 1-20, 29-36, 46-55, 27-28, 88-89, 56-72, (...), 73-74, (...), 75-83. - The MS contains a loose leaf (169 X 56), probably a fragment of an older Diwan. Since this MS is a late representative of the very large group of Yemenite Diwan MSS, it is not necessary to state its contents in full. We may assume that no unknown poems occur in it. Nevertheless no printed evidence was found for the following poems: (The following books were consulted : W. Bacher, Die hebraïsche und arabische Poesie der Juden Jemens (Strassburg i.E. 1910 - Budapest 1909/10), esp. for the poems completely in Arabic. A. Z. Idelsohn/H. N. Torczyner, ]S’n ’t’P (Cincinnati 1931). I. Davidson, Thesaurus of Medieeval Hebrew Poetry. n nxsin] x pirn .]S’h ’1’® 1B0 (sr’wn /Sian» m5>® p d«ji ,xw : *"■») [n-om /tpnni>x omax 01 ins mi>®. I found no later volumes of this edition. The most recent edition of the Yemenite Diwan a-’®n ffiB’pa tmbv mam /D«n pen Orawn: s—i) was not at my disposal. For the “hallelot” conditions are different; several “hallelot" were not found in Davidson’s Thesaurus). ("xbx"a n’V’nna avian ba) arbx Kama r xbx: fol. i3 b mx ja or oaxai; w b (M v'aa pi >40 >a naxa) «jisabx N’pabx bxp s is a •jnnab nar ia»a "]bxtrx rr: 25 b (t)pnp N” an ir vpbaxi vannx Vip’ mm: 33 b (avia 20 '"ana ibia) abpbx xbai naxa rvn anxiabx pna pna: 56 b (rap: nnman) asxibx nsxrcbx hip’: 63 b jxasn abpbx xitzn nunbx pma pna: 68 b rddt’ rispa bipbx nnax: 69 b nxnxbxa babx xbv aba nxDpbx ns in”» s’: 72 b x'na bnx nxbxb maaxi nawa nnnax: 77 b jxnoabx n nbx ir jxsixbx axan x*: 79 b (•» bapn nb’Dn aib® vs: pnnxn maa) anna ®ab n»x m bx arca: 8i a Bought from Ozar ha-Sefarim, Jerusalem 1963.

Hebr. 258 (Or. 12623) The five leaves a) - e) were found in 1972 in Cod. Or. 3041. They are wrapped in a piece of paper that bears the legend : Den Hoogl. Heer Rutgers.