Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Oppenheim Add. 8° 10

Oriental Manuscripts Oppenheim Collection

Contents

ff. 1r-120v
Hebrew Bible: Book of Psalms ('Oxford Hispano-Portuguese Psalter') כתובים (תהלים)
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 120
Dimensions (leaf): 130 × 90 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

15 quires of 8 leaves, no catchwords.

Hand(s)

Sephardi square script.

Decoration

Microgaphical decorations inc. carpet pages (e.g. fols. 1v, 2r, 40v, 120r)

Penwork decoration (e.g. fol. 31v, 73r).

Binding

Nineteenth-century brown calf binding, rebound in-house.

History

Origin: [Spain (Lisbon?)]; [late 15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

It was most probably part of the Heidenhem purchase acquired in 1864 (see Summary Catalogue).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, (No. 109, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 109, 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 16173

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 109.
    Narkiss, Bezalel, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in the British Isles : a catalogue raisonné (Oxford : Published by the Oxford University Press for the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the British Academy , 1982), no. 56
    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. 109.

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