Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Laud Or. 115

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

Contents

Biblical commentaries

Physical Description

ff. 182

Binding

Light brown leather binding, blind-tooled

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Laud Or. 115/1

Contents

1. ff. 1r-71r
Naḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270משה בן נחמן, Commentary on the Book of Job פרוש כתובים לרמב"ן (איוב)
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff.73r-138r
Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344לוי בן גרשום, Commentary on Proverbs פרוש כתובים לרלב"ג (משלי)
Colophon: "נשלם ... שנת ר"ע" (fol. 138r)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Oriental paper
Extent: ff. 138
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 140 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

No signatures, catchwords usually on every verso.

Condition

Fragile, brittle paper, corrosive ink.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

History

Origin: [North Africa]; 1509/1510

MS. Laud Or. 115/2

Contents

5. ff.143v-161r
Liḳuṭe derashot לקוטי דרשות
Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff.161v-166v
Eliyah ben Yitsḥaḳ ibn Yiśraʾel (?)אליה בן יצחק אבן ישראל(?), Gevir shevaʿ ṿe-nasi beyn atsilim: Laws of Shekhitah in rhymes גביר שוע ונשיא בין אצילים : הלכות שחיטה בחרוזים
Language(s): Hebrew
7. ff.167r-167v
Pi mudaḥ ... al-kitab פי מדח אלכתאב

A praise of books in Hebrew.

Language(s): Hebrew
8. ff.168r-168v
Ḳatsid Pi Elzahadקציד פי אלזהד
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper,
Extent: 30 leaves (ff. 139-168)
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 145 mm.
Foliation: Foliation with Arabic numerals.

Collation

No signatures, catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Sephardi cursive script.

Decoration

Not decorated.

History

Origin: [Spain]; [mid-14th century]

MS. Laud Or. 115/1

Contents

9. ff.169r-174r
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164; עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן, Commentary on the Writings (Esther)פרוש כתובים לראב"ע (אסתר)
Language(s): Hebrew
10. ff.176r-182r
Hilkhot shiṭah ṿe-ṭerefot al derekh sheʾelot u-teshuvotהלכות שחיטה וטרפות על דרך שאלות ותשובות
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Oriental paper
Extent: 14 leaves (ff. 169-182)
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 145 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

No signatures, no catchwords.

Hand(s)

Sephardi cursive and semi-cursive scripts, each of the msItems in a different hand.

Decoration

A scribble of a ship and some birds in ink on fol. 182v.

History

Origin: [Spain]; [15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

According to Neubauer, owner's inscription after colophon (inscription hard to read) saying: "שלמה טביב"

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

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 340, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 340, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 17259

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 340.
    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. 340.

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