MS. Canonici Or. 68
Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection
Contents
Commentary on the Book of Psalms by David Kimhi
Erasures by censors (e.g. fols. 5r, 23r, 45v, 69v, 109r)
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script. Written by the same hand on the same paper as those of MS Can. Or. 52
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Parchment binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on fol. 136v: "אי"ש ג"ר אנכי בארץ" [=אברהם יוסף שלמה גרציאנו] . Censors' signatures: Renato da Mod[en]a 1626, Fra Luigi da Bologna 1599, Camillo Jaghel 1613 (fol. 136v).
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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