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MS. Canonici Or. 20

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

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Hebrew Bible: Writings

ff. 1r-170v
Hebrew Bible: Writings (Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes) כתובים
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 170
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 136 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals; one leaf is missing between fols. 109 and 110.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves, catchwords at the end of the quires

Condition

Bigger cracks at fols. 83-84 and 161-162; collation is slightly detached from binding.

Layout

One of two columns.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Light brown leather binding, blind-tooled, marble paper pastedowns.

History

Origin: [Italy]; [late 14th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

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. 99, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 99, 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 33112

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 99.
    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. 99.
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