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MS. Laud Or. 104

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Abraham Farissol: Igeret orḥot olam

ff. 1r-33v
Farissol, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1451-approximately 1525; פריצול, אברהם בן מרדכי, Letter on the Manners of the World (Igeret orḥot olam)אגרת ארחות עולם ‬

The colophon of the author at the end of the MS dated 1 Kislev 285 (1524 CE), in Ferrara.(fol. 33v)

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

[Physical description in printed catalogue]
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff.33
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 151 mm.

Collation

4 quires: 1-3 of 10 leaves, fourth of 6-3 leaves; last three leaves cut off; Signatures: Arabic characters from left to right; catchwords in the lower margin of every verso.

Condition

Binding partially detached from collation.

Hand(s)

Italian (semi-)cursive script.

Decoration

Decorated frame around the body of text, faded (fol. 1r)

Additions:

With marginal additions and corrections in Abraham Farissol's Sephardi handwritting (e.g. fols. 13v, 24v,

Binding

Parchment binding

History

Origin: [Ferrara]; [ca. 1525]

Provenance and Acquisition

Censor's signature: Domenico Irosolomit[an]o (fol. 33v); owner's inscription: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepis[scopi] Cantuar[iensis] et Cancellarii Universitatis Oxon{iensis] 1635"; note re title: "Epistola Viaru[m] sa[e]culi Abrahami Farissol"

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2053, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 2053, 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.

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 19338

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2053.
    Ruderman, D.B., The World of a Renaissance Jew, The life and thought of Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol (Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1981), 131-143.
    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. 2053.

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