Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Kennicott 10

Oriental Manuscripts Kennicott Collection

Contents

Hebrew Bible

ff. 1r-232v
Hebrew Bible

Begins with Genesis 32:7; Joshua, Judges beginning to 20:47, 1 Samuel 3:17 to 2 Samuel 24:15, Jeremiah from 11:10 to end, all with both masorahs. Many omissions in the text are supplied on the margins.

On the flyleaf: "Nomen scribae exstat in fine xii prophet. שלמה הסופר. By another hand: See Wolf, Bib. Heb. 4.80.

The scribe provided his name in an acrostic on f. 179r: שלמה. It seems that originally the MS contained a colophon, probably at the end of the Minor Prophets.

Initial words decorated by pen.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 232
Dimensions (other):
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi square script.

History

Origin: [Germany]; [late 13th century]

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2324., Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2324. and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Kennicott, Benjamin, Dissertatio generalis in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum: cum variis lectionibus, ex codicibus manuscriptis et impressis. Recudi curavit et notas adiecit Paulus Iacobus Bruns. Brunovici: Orphanotrophei, 1783.
    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2324.
    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. 2324.

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