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MS. Canonici Or. 104

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Miscellany

1. ff. 1r-29r
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, approximately 1270-approximately 1340 פניני, ידעיה בן אברהם הבדרשי , Beḥinat ʿolam (The Examination of the World) בחינת עולם
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 29v-96v
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, approximately 1270-approximately 1340 פניני, ידעיה בן אברהם הבדרשי , Ketav hitnatslut (Letter of Apology) כתב התנצלות
Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 102v-103v
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, approximately 1270-approximately 1340 פניני, ידעיה בן אברהם הבדרשי , Elohim elay atah ashaḥarekhah (O God, You are my God, I seek You, Ps. 63:2) אלהים אלי אתה אשחרך
Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 104r-107r
Bedersi, Abraham ben Isaac, active 13th century בדרשי, אברהם , Baḳashat ha-lamedin בקשת הלמדין
Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff. 107r-114r
Joseph ben Sheshet ibn Latimi לטימי, יוסף בן ששת , Aamir et Adoni אאמיר את אדוני

Ḳinah by Joseph Sheshet.

Language(s): Hebrew
7. ff. 114v-123r
Ezobi, Jehoseph ben Hanan ben Nathan, active 13th century אזובי, יוסף בן חנן , Keʿarat kesef קערת כסף
Language(s): Hebrew
8. ff. 124r-128r
Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da, 1388-1460? ריאיטי, משה , Miḳdash meʿaṭ (Meʻon ha-shoʼalim) מקדש מעט (מעון השואלים)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 128
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

13 quires: i-xii 10, xiii 10-2 no signatures catchwords at the end of quires

Layout

Text written in one column.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script.

Fol. 124r-128r by a later hand.

Binding

Quarter bound, red paper, marble paper pastedown.

History

Origin: [Northern Italy]; [mid-15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Censor's signature on fol. 127v: "visto p[er] mi fra Luigi 1601" notOwnership inscription on fol. 128v by David Azariel Finzi written by his brother Jehudah in [5]442 (1682): " אני דוד בכ"מ עזריאל פנצי יצ"ו היום יום פורים שושן ... לחדש ואדר קמ"ב לפק ואני יהודה אחיו כותב" ; ownership inscription on fol. 123r: ישראל פונטאנילה יצ"ו

Matteo Luigi Canonici's (1727-1805) collections passed to his brother Giuseppe, and on his death in 1807 to Giovanni Perissinotti and Girolamo Cardina, who divided them. To the former fell the MSS., then about 3550 in number, and, after many attempts to sell them, the Bodleian became the purchaser of the greater part in 1817, for £5444 5s. 1d., or including incidental expenses about £6030, the largest single purchase ever made by the Library. The formal list of volumes handed over was signed on May 18, 1817, and the books probably arrived later that year.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 1403, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1403, 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 22427

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1403.
    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. 1403.
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