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MS. Laud Or. 100

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

Contents

Mishneh Torah, Book Ten (Sefer Ṭohorah)

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Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, 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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 20194

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.

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