Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 5

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Collection of cabbalistic texts

1. ff. 1r-75v
Segal, Yaʿaḳov ben Ḳalonymosסגל, יעקב בן קלונימוס, Naḥalat Yaʿaḳov נחלת יעקב

Kabbalistical miscellanea

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 76r-91v
Segal, Yaʿaḳov ben Ḳalonymosסגל, יעקב בן קלונימוס, Magen le-holkhe Tom ṿe-yosher מגן להולכי תום ויושר

A chapter on the defence of the truth of the Zohar

Colophon: "אני הצעיר...שלמה בן לא"א אברהם בן נון...העתקתי זה הספר לתשוקת אברהם בן...רפאל ן’ יקר נר"ו פה ויניציאה ביום ז"ך לחדש אדר ראשון שנת ה’י’ש’ו’ע’ה’ [=שצ"ו] לפ"ק" (fol. 91v)
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 92r-269r
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570קורדוברו, משה, ʾOr yaḳar אור יקר (פרוש סבא דמשפטים)

Commentary on passages of the Zohar.

Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 270r-273v
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570קורדוברו, משה, Shemonah be-inyan ha-gilgul שמועה בענין הגלגול
Colophon: "אני הצעיר שלמה...בן לא"א אברהם בן נון...העתקתי זה הספר לתשוקת...אברהם בן...רפאל ן’ יקר נר"ו, פה ויניצייה היום יום א’ ג’ תמוז שנת לה’ ה’י’ש’ו’ע’ה’" [=שצ"ו] (fol. 273v)
Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 283r-311r
Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625?נג'רה, ישראל בן משה, Kanfe Yonah (ḥeleḳ 1, 1-40) כנפי יונה (חלק א, א-מ)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 311
Dimensions (leaf): 226 × 157 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Condition

Good condition.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive, cursive and square scripts.

Line justification practices and para-scriptural elements [A description of the hand, perhaps using [Applicable folios] if the hand is only used in certain places.]

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Parchment binding.

History

Origin: Venice (Italy); 1636

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. 1955, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1955, 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 16432

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1955.
    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. 1955.

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