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MS. Laud Or. 326

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

Contents

Miscellany

Physical Description

ff. 70

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription: "Liber Guil[iel]mi Laude Archiepi[scopi] Cant[uariensis] et Cancellarii Universit[atis] Oxon[iensis] 1636" (fol. 1v)

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

MS. Laud Or. 326/1

Contents

ff.1r-5v
Inyane masorahעניני מסורה

Various readings of different schools for the Hagiographa: חלוף הכתובים אדם שת וריפה ותרשישה ודודנים פוט וכנען חלוף הכתובים בין אשר ובין נפתלי ; חלוף הכתובים שבין מערבי למדנחאי ; כל קרי (different ḳeri and ketiv).

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 5
Dimensions (leaf): 370 × 313 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Condition

Good condition.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script

Decoration

Illustration on fol. 5v.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [12th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

MS. Laud Or. 326/2

Contents

ff.6r-69v
Targum Yonathan of the Former Prophets.
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 271-285 × 180 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

8 quires: i-v 8, vi (8-1)+2, vii-viii 8 catchwords at the end of quires.

Condition

Accepable condition.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi square script.

Decoration

Not decorated.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [12th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 179, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 179, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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