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MS. Laud Or. 159

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

Contents

Mishneh Torah (Sefer Ṭohorah, Ḳinyan, Shofṭim, Nashim)

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Mishneh Torah (Sefer Ṭohorah, Ḳinyan, Shofṭim, Nashim) משנה תורה (ספר טהרה, קנין-שופטים, נשים)

Starts with Sefer Ṭohorah 1:11

At the end of a poem of four lines, with the acrostic Elyaḳim Ḥayim Yoets, the copyist ( אליקים חיים יועץ )

Colophon: "חזק ונתחזק גרשם לא יזק" (fol. 92r)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment: Oriental/non-Oriental paper: Oriental/non-Oriental,
Extent: ff. 211
Dimensions (leaf): 271 × 180 mm.
Foliation: [A description of the numbering system(s) used to count the leaves or pages in a codex]

Collation

x quires + 2 leaves inner/outer leaf of quire Hebrew/Arabic characters catchwords, repeated words, marked central opening

Layout

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script

Line justification practices and para-scriptural elements [A description of the hand, perhaps using [Applicable folios] if the hand is only used in certain places.]

Additions:

[A discussion about the additions/marginalia/annotations present in the manuscript perhaps usingto point to specific examples.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [14th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

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. 571, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 571, 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 19442

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 571
    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. 571

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