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MS. Canonici Or. 105

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Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch

ff. 3r-284r
Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch תורה
Colophon: Colophon on fol. 284r: "ותכל מלאכת כתיבת הקדש בעצם היום יום ג בתשעה לחדש הוא חדש ואדר שנת חמשת אלפים ומאתים וששים ושלש לבריאת העולם פה אריין על ידי הצעיר משה ענו יזייא בכמר שמואל זל מרומיʹ אשר לעצמי כתבתיו לקיים מקרא דכתיב וכתב לו את משנה התורה הזאת וגו וכתיב והיתה עמו וקרא בו כל ימי חייו יהי רצון מלפני שוכן חביון לזכותי להגות בו ובכל שאר ספרי הקדש אני וזרעי וזרע זרעי אמן כיר"
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 287
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Layout

Text written in one and two columns.

Hand(s)

Italian-Sephardi square script.

Binding

Quarter bound, red paper.

History

Origin: Reggio (Italy); 1503

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on fol. 287v: "כמ"ר עזריה אפרים מפונטרמולי"

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. 45, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 45, 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 33058

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 45.
    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. 45.
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