MS. Laud Or. 174
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
Contents
Ketuvim (Tehilim)
Psalter divided into 131 chapters; Ps. 33 begins with הודו ; Ps. 34=ch. 35, 34 omitted; Ps. 113=ch. 114; Ps. 135=ch. 116, 115 omitted.
The first word of each chapter is translated into Latin in the margin.
Ff. 59-61r are blank, on fol. 61v erased but still visible Latin notes, on fol. 62r guide to numerical value of Hebrew characters, and a drawing of a lion.
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi square script
Decoration
Decorated initial words, chapter numbers.
Latin marginal notes.
Binding
Leather, half and marble paper.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Belonged to the library of the monastery of St. Edmundbury as owner's inscription proves: "Hoc psalteriu[m] ebraycu[m] est de bibliotheca ven[er]abilis monasterii Sancti Eadmundi acomodatu[m] fratri Ricardo Bryngkelei ordinis minorum sacreque theologie humilissimo professori 1502 ". Owner's inscription on fol. 1v: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepi[scopi] Cantuar[iensis] et Cancellarii Universitatis Oxon[iensis] 1633"
Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).
Record Sources
Availability
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