Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 81

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Commentary on the Pentateuch by Rashi

ff. 1r-191r
Rashi, 1040-1105שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י), 1040-1105, Commentary on the Pentateuch פרוש התורה לרש"י
Colophon: Colophon on fol. "אני מאיר בכמ"ר שמואל מפרוינצא כתבתי בהר פישאה ... אל הנעלה ר’ דניאל יזי"י בכמ"ר שמואל הרופא דיין והשלמתיו יום ג’ י"ז אלול של שנת קנ"ו"
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 191
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 48 is blank.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Illuminations.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind-tooled.

History

Origin: Pescia (Italy); 1396

Provenance and Acquisition

Written for Daniel ben Samuel ha-Rofe, ; his arms (fol. ); three other manuscripts are linked to Daniel ben Samuel ha-Rofe: British Library, Or. 2736 and Add. 26968; Venice, Jewish Museum, MS 85.

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. 189, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 189,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 16253

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 189.
    Narkiss, Bezalel. "Three Jewish Art Patrons in Mediaeval Italy", in Festschrift Reuben R. Hecht (Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd., 1984), 296-307.
    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. 189.
    Morrison, Gregg S. The Turning Point in the Gospel of Mark: A Study of Markan Christology (The Catholic University of America, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2008.), 219.
    Halperin, Dalia-Ruth, Illuminating in Micrography: the Catalan Micrography mahzor-MS Hebrew 8o 6527 in the National Library of Israel (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 95-96.

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