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Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

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Mishneh Torah (Sefer Nashim) by Maimonides

ff. 1r-134r
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Mishneh Torah (Sefer Shofṭim) משנה תורה בערבית (ספר שופטים)

Volume 2 of a 2-volume set, for volume 1 see MS. Poc. 98. Colophon at the end of volume one.

End is incomplete.

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 134

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script.

History

Origin: [Iraq?]; 1332/1333

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: "אבועלי אבן מוסאן הלוי", "קנה ... טאהר בר אלעזר אלסאכן במדנה עאנה מן ... אבו עלי אבן מוסאן הכהין ומן הארון אלחרבאוי הכוהין במבליג סתין דרהם פי אדר שנת א’תרס"ב" (vol.1 fol. XXX; and vol. 2, fol. XXX); "מה שקנה ... צדקה בר ר’ יוסף" (vol. 2, fol. XX)

Edward Pococke's collection of oriental MSS (mostly Armenian, Hebrew and Arabic) was purchased by the Library for £800 in 1692 (see Summary Catalogue, vol. II, p. 1008).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 615, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 615, 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 20205

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 615.
    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. 615.
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