Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Laud Or. 293

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

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Mikhlol by David Kimhi

ff. 1-205
Kimhi, David, approximately 1160-approximately 1235קמחי, דוד בן יוסף, 1160-1235, Mikhlol מכלול

Grammar, with marginal notes in Latin. The MS has not the poem beginning לכל חכמה ; it ends with the words חכם שמושה מן וכבר זכרונוהו

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Occidental paper, pre-watermarked
Extent: ff. 206
Dimensions (leaf): 224 × 154 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

No signatures, catchwords on every verso.

Condition

Good condition.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script. The last page was written in Italian cursive script.

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding, gold-tooled, centrepiece, holes for straps.

History

Origin: [Spain]; [late 13th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepiscopi Cantuari[i] 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

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 1469, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1469, 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 16388

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1469.
    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. 1469.

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