MS. Pococke 135
Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection
Contents
Theological treatise by Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon
ff. 1r-124v
, Kitāb Kifāyah al-`Ābidīn כפאיה אלעאבדין Colophon: Colophon by the scribe Eliezer ben Avraham on fols. 124r-124v: "נשלם יום ... עשרין ותשעה יומי לירח תשרי שנת א’תקפ"ט לשטרות וכתב אליעזר בר אברהם במד’ בעלת הוד (=בעל בק) לכבוד ... אהרן הזקן היקר הרפא" .
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 124
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Hand(s)
Oriental semi-cursive script.
History
Origin: Baalbek (Lebanon); 1277
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions at the beginning and end: "שמש ב"ר אברהם הרפא התנא"
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. 1274, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1274, 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.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1274.
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. 1274.