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Bet Elohim by Moses Almosnino

ff. 2r-95v
Almosnino, Moses ben Baruch, approximately 1515-approximately 1580אלמושנינו, משה בן ברוך, 1518-1579, Bet Elohim (The House of God) בית אלהים

Commentary on the Sefer Kadur ha-ʿOlam (=Maʾareh ha-ʾOfanim), the Hebrew translation of Johannes Sacro Bosco's Sphaera Mundi

According to colophon it was written by the scribe for himself and finished on Rosh Hodesh Shvat 5324 (1574 CE). The name of the scribe is hardly legible, according to JNUL, it is חיים עמרם

Colophon: Colophon on fol. 95v: זה הספר כתבתי לעצמי ... נאום הצעיר שבצעירים ...נשלם זה הספר ראש חדש שבט שנת והשיג לכם דיש את בציר
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 100
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Fol. 44v: coloured illustration of an astrolabe

Fols. 97r-100v: diagrams

Additions: Fol. 96: additions in Sephardi cursive script by a different hand.

Binding

Half bound, marble paper.

History

Origin: [North Africa]; 1574

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription: "מכסף מקנתי ... יצחק ב"ר שלמה קארא" (fol. 2r). Fol. 1r: list of money taken by the owner to Jerusalem.

It belonged to the oriental collection of Robert Huntington (1636/7-1701), and was bought in 1693 together with 645 other MSS for £752 10s.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2038, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 2038, 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 19323

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2038.
    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. 2038.
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