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MS. Laud Or. 158

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Mishneh Torah, Books 4-6

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Mishneh Torah (Sefer Nashim - Sefer Haflaʾah) משנה תורה (ספר נשים-הפלאה)

Maimuni glosses by Meʾir ha-Kohen

Colophon: Colophon on fol. 161r: "חזק ונתחזק הסופר לא יוזק לא היום ולא לעולם עד שיעלה חמור בסולם. כתבתי זה הספר ל ...שלמה ב"ר שלמה המכונה ורדיל, יהונתן בן הח"ר שבתי זצ"ל "
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 161
Dimensions (leaf): 370 × 272 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

Quires mostly of 8 leaves, no signatures catchwords at the end of each quire.

Condition

Acceptable condition.

Layout

Pricking and ruling are often visible.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive scripts.

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind-tooled, with the gold-tooled coat of arms of Archbisop Laud in the middle; holes for straps.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [14th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Owner's inscription: "Liber Guil[ie]lmi Laude Archiepi[scopi] Cant[uariensis] et Cancellarii Universit[atis] Oxon[iensis] 1636" (fol. 1r)

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. 589, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 589, 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 20179

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 589.
    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. 589.
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