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MS. Canonici Or. 14

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Mishnah Commentary by Maimonides

1. ff. 1r-206r
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Ḳodashim) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (קדשים)

Translated from Arabic to Hebrew by Nathanel Almali

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 213r-249r
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Berakhot) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (ברכות)

Translated from Arabic to Hebrew by el-Harizi

Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 250r-282r
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Nidah) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (נדה)
Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 285-313
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Avot) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (אבות)

Translated from Arabic to Hebrew by Shmuel ibn Tibbon

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no.813, dated 1479-1480)
Extent: ff. 313
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 157 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

Quires of mostly 12 leaves, signatures in Hebrew characters

Condition

Upper end of spine is torn, larger cracks at fols. 116-117 and 235-236

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script

History

Origin: [North Italy?]; [late 15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Censor's signature: Fra Luigi Da Bologna 1601 (fol. 313v)

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. 409, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 409, 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 18397

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 409.
    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. 409.

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