Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Pococke 192

Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 189
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script.

Additions: Fols. 89-90 are a later addition interpolated between two quires (14th century). The completed end (fols. 186-189) on Western watermarked paper is in an Oriental-Sephardi hand (ca. 1600).

History

Origin: [Orient]; [ca. 1300]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: "אברהם בן אליה(?) כהן ס"ט" (at the beginning of the manuscript); "יצחק עבאדי" (fol. 99v).

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. 1977, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1977, 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 19139

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1977.
    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. 1977.

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