Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 17

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Collection of philosophical texts

1. ff. 1r-126r
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111גזאלי, מחמד בן מחמד, Kaṿanot ha-filosofim (Intentions of the Philosophers) כוונות הפילוסופים

Hebrew translation of the Intentions of the Philosophers (Maqâsid al-falâsifa) by Isaac Albalag, called Tiḳun ha-Deʿot

With a short commentary by the translator, Isaac Albalag.

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 129v-153v
Moses, of Narbonne, -1362נרבוני, משה בן יהושע, Perush Kaṿanot ha-filosofim רוש כונות הפילוסופים לגזאלי

Commentary on Ghazzali's Intentions of the Philosophers (Maqâsid al-falâsifa)

Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 161v-183v
Fārābīפראבי, מחמד בן מחמד, Hatḥalot ha-nimtsaʾot (The Book of Principles) ההתחלות הנמצאות

Commentary on Ghazzali's Intentions of the Philosophers (Maqâsid al-falâsifa)

Translated by Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 183
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 140 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Latin (fols. 1-100) and characters (from 101) in ink, however Hebrew has been scored out and Arabic was added in pencil.

Collation

Quires mostly of 16 leaves, catchwords on every verso.

Condition

Fols. 178-181 are detached!

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Light brown leather binding.

History

Origin: [Southern Italy]; 1477

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. Luigu da Bologna 1598, Cammillo Jaghel 1613 (fol. 237r), Renato da Mod[en]a 1626, 1555 ... Hac. Geraldini ... [norarized by] Ceesa Bellosus

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. 1340, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1340, 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 22154

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1340.
    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. 1340.

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