MS. Canonici Or. 65
Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection
Contents
Ohev Mishpaṭ
Physical Description
Collation
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script; text of Job in Sephardi square script. Fol. 178: completion of a missing leaf in Italian cursive hand.
Fol. 178: completion of missing leave in an Italian cursive hand.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Half bound.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownerhsip notes on fol. 1r: "שלי נתנאל הדני"; "שלמה חזק"
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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