Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 85

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Oriental Collection

Contents

Commentary on the Pentateuch by Menahem Recanati

ff. 1r-199r
Recanati, Menahem ben Benjamin, active 13th century-14th centuryרקנטי, מנחם בן בנימין‬, Commentary on the Pentateuch פרוש התורה לרקנטי
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Italian type of parchment
Extent: ff. 199
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Layout

Text in one column. Italian type of quiring practice.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind-tooled.

History

Origin: [Italy]; [early 15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership insriptions (fols. 86v, 199v): Censors' signatures: Gio[vanni] Domi[ni]co Carrett[o] 1617 (fol. 198v); Dominico Irosolomi[ta]no 1597 (fols. 199r)

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. 1611, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1611, 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 17189

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1611.
    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. 1611.

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