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MS. Michael 384

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Rashi's Torah commentary

ff. 1r-141v
Rashi, 1040-1105; שלמה בן יצחק (רש"י), 1040-1105, Perush ha-Torah le-Rashi (Torah commentary) פרוש התורה לרש"י
Colophon: Colophon on fol. 141v: "אני מאיר בר’ משה ז"ל כתבתי פירוש התורה זה מרבי שלמה ז"ל לנכבד מורי ר’ בנימין בכ"ר יצחק והעתקתיו בביתו ובהיותי סומך על שלחנו ומשכורתי היה ארבעה פרחי’ לבד ההוצאה וקהלתיה מידו לידי וסיימתיו בירח שבט שנת חמשת אלפים ומאה וחמשים ותשע לבריאת עולם ... נכתב פה קמרינו בזמן הנז’ לעיל"
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 142
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 11 should follow fol. 19.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves no signatures, catchwords at the end of quires

Layout

Text in two columns.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Full-page image of menorah and Temple implements (fol. 73v); full-page picture of the Tabernacle (fol. 142v).

Decorated catchwords.

Binding

Light brown leather binding.

History

Origin: Camerino; 1399

Provenance and Acquisition

Owners' inscriptions: Neḥamah, daughter of R. Shlomoh ha-menagen, widow of R. Shmuel ben Mosheh of Candia sold this commentary to Zilah, daughter of Yeḳutiel, widow of Menaḥem for 3 dukats on 8 Av 5224 (13 July 1464) at Fano ( "נחמה בת ר’ שלמה המנגן ישר"ו אלמנת כמ"ר שמואל בר משה מקנדיאה" מכרה ל"מרת צילה בת כמ"ר יקותיאל ז"ל אלמנת כמ"ר מנחם ז"ל" בשנת רכ"ד ) (fol. 141v); Yeḥiel ben Mordekhai ha-Kohen sold it to Moshe ben Nataniel of Norzi on 13 Kislev 273 (25 November 1513) ( "יחיאל בן מרדכי כהן" מכר את כה"י ל"משה יזיי"א בכמ"ר נתנאל מנורצי" (fol. 141v). Censors' signatures: "visto per me Gio do[mi]nico Carretto 1617" (fol. 141r); "Dominico Irosolomi[ta]no 1597" (fol. 141v)

It belonged to the library of Heimann Joseph Michael (1792-1846), which was purchased en bloc (altogether 862 volumes) by the Bodleian Library in 1848 through Messrs. Asher and Co. for £1030.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, (No. 187, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 187, 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 16251

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 187.
    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. 187.
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