MS. Laud Or. 100
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
Contents
Mishneh Torah, Book Ten (Sefer Ṭohorah)
ff.1r-166v
, Mishneh Torah, Book Ten (Sefer Ṭohorah) משנה תורה (ספר טהרה) Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no. 7415, dated 1316-48 and to Briquet no. 3188, dated 1334)
Extent: ff. 166
Dimensions (other):
Dimensions (written):
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script
Additions:
Very likely written by Judah b. Abba Mari ha-Kokhabi, who copied MS. Paris BnF hébr. 315 in 1333.
History
Origin: Spain (Procence?); mid-14th century
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 604, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 604, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 604.
Beit-Arié, Malachi and R.A. May (eds), Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I (A. Neubauer’s Catalogue) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), no. 604.