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MS. Canonici Or. 16

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

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Obadiah Sforno's works

1. ff. 2r-65v
Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob, approximately 1470-approximately 1550ספורנו, עובדיה בן יעקב‬, Zeh sefer ʾor ʿamim זה ספר אור עמים

Printed, Bologna, 1587 (see, Ṿinograd, Bologna 8).

Hebrew inscriptions on fols. 1r and 2r

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 68r-238r
Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob, approximately 1470-approximately 1550ספורנו, עובדיה בן יעקב, Commentary on the Pentateuch by Obadiah Sforno פרוש התורה לספורנו

Fols. 66-67 and 224-228 are blank.

Edition with variants from this and other MSS by W. Gottlieb (Jerusalem, 1980)

Hebrew inscription on fol. 237v

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 238
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 150 mm.

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves, catchwords at the end of quires, and sometimes within quires on verso side of leaves.

Condition

Good condition.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Light brown leather binding.

History

Origin: [Italy]; [late 16th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Owners' inscriptions: "יצחק אליעזר סנגויני", "שמואל סנגויני(?)" ; censors' signatures: Fra. Gir. da Durazzano 1640 (fol. 2r), Laurnaiu[s] Franguellu[s] 1575 (fol. 65v), Fra. Luigi da Bologna 1598, Cammillo Jaghel 1613 (fol. 237r), Renato da Mod[en]a 1626, 1555 ... Hac. Geraldini ... [norarized by] Ceesa Bellosus (fol. 237v)

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. 255, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 255, 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 16724

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 255.
    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. 255.
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