Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Laud Or. 166

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

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Ṭur (Oraḥ Ḥayim)

Jacob ben Asher, approximately 1269-approximately 1340; יעקב בן אשר, ?1270-?1340, Ṭur (Oraḥ Ḥayim)טור (ארח חיים)

691 paragraphs; with marginal notes by later hand

Colophon: "כ"ג טבת רל"א לאלף השישי למניין שאנו מנין כאן קהיל(!) וירשלאר, ואני הכותב יצחק" (fol. 14r)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 218
Dimensions (leaf):
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

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive - cursive script

History

Origin: Fritzlar? (Germany); 1470

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. 703, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 703, 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 20929

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 703
    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. 703

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