Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Canonici Or. 90

Oriental Manuscripts Canonici Collection

Contents

Pisḳe Rid

ff. 1r-251r
Isaiah ben Mali, di Trani, approximately 1200-טרני, ישעיה בן אליהו די, Pisḳe Rid (Berakhot, Shabbat, Eruvin) פסקי רי"ד (ברכות, שבת, ערובין)

First volume of a two-volume codex; volume 2 is MS Can. 89

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 251
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Layout

Text in two columns.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-square script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind-tooled.

History

Origin: [Italy]; 1293

Provenance and Acquisition

Censors' signatures: Censors: Vincentius de Matelica, Domenico Irosolomi[ta]no, Aless[and]ro Scipiome (251v), Gio. Domenico Carreto 1617 (250v), Leo, 1567 (f. 2r).

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. 634, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 634,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 20215

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 634.
    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. 634.
    Beit-Arie, Malachi. Unveiled Faces of Medieval Hebrew Books: The Evolution of Manuscript Production - Progression or Regression (Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2003), 63, n6

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