MS. Canonici Or. 30
Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection
Contents
Sefer Mitsṿot Ḳaṭan
With the annotation of Rabbi Perets and a few more other glosses.
The MS begins with end of §2 of the edition and has 292 §§ =293 of the edition.
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
One column. Italian type of parchment.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
Some catchwords are illustrated with animals and hybrids.
Decorated initial words, initial-word panels.
Binding
Light brown leather binding, blind-tooled.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription by Shimshon Cohen Modon on fol. 1r: "להחכם כ"ץ מודון" [=שמשון כהן מודון] ; censor's signature: Domenico Isrosolomito 1599 (fol. 204v)
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
Availability
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