MS. Laud Or. 96
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
Contents
The first and the last three leaves contain a list of different objects sold to various persons. On fol. 129v, begins commentary on Yotser de-Shabat Bereshit. On fol. 130v payments received by a teacher in Elul 5205 (1445). Levi ben Gershom's commentary starts on fol. 7r.
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script
Decoration
Not decorated.
List of objects at the beginning and end are on different paper.
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
Owner's inscription: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepi[scopi] Cantuar[iensis] et Cancelarii Universitatis Oxon[iensis] 1635" (fol. 7r)
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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