Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 29

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Miscellany

1. ff. 1v-17v
Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, approximately 1225-approximately 1295פלקירא, שם טוב בן יוסף אבן, Poems

The poem בתי הנהגת הגוף in 16 parts.

See Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2538

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 19r-52v
Judah ben Isaac ibn Shabbetai, active 13th centuryשבתי, יהודה בן יצחק הלוי אבן, Minḥat Yehudah śoneh ha-nashim מנחת יהודה המכונה שונא הנשים
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 53r-64v
Judah ben Isaac ibn Shabbetai, active 13th centuryשבתי, יהודה בן יצחק הלוי אבן, Divre ha-eleh ṿeha-niduy דברי האלה והנדוי
Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 65r-118r
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, approximately 1270-approximately 1340פניני, ידעיה בן אברהם הבדרשי, Ketav ha-hitnatslut כתב התנצלות
Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 118r-136v
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, approximately 1270-approximately 1340פניני, ידעיה בן אברהם הבדרשי, Igeret beḥinat ha-ʿolam אגרת בחינת העולם
Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff. 137v-140v
Ezobi, Jehoseph ben Hanan ben Nathan, active 13th centuryאזובי, יוסף בן חנן, Ḳeʿarat kesef קערת כסף

ff.140v-143v additional texts, notes added by later Italian cursive hands.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 143
Dimensions (leaf): 169 × 112 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

15 quires: i 12, ii 6, iii-xiii 10, xiv 10-1,, xv 6 no signatures, catchwords at the end of quires.

Layout

Mostly of 1 column, initial words in colour.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script. Italian type of parchment and quiring technique.

Decoration

Coloured initial words.

Binding

Light brown leather binding, blind-tooled.

History

Origin: [Italy]; [ca. 1400]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription by Abraham of Modena: הגיע לחלק כמ’ אברהם ממודינא כשחלק הספרי’ עם כמ’ יעקב אחיו כ"ח יוניו רס"ז ; censor's signature: Fra Luigi 1599 (fol. 183v)

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. 1980, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1980, 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 19142

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1980.
    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. 1980.

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