Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Pococke 213

Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

Contents

Miscellany

1. ff. 6r-127v
Kimhi, David, approximately 1160-approximately 1235קמחי, דוד בן יוסף, Commentary on the Psalms פרוש כתובים לרד"ק (תהלים)
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 128r-131v
Commentary on Abraham Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch פרוש על פרוש התורה לראב"ע
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 132r-153v
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164אבן עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר, Commentary on Eccesiastes פרוש כתובים לראב"ע (קהלת)
Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 153v-157v
Yiśraʾel ben Shmuel ha-Maʿaraviישראל בן שמואל המערבי, Hilkhot sheḥitah הלכות שחיטה
Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 157v-171v
Baṣīr, Joseph ben Abraham, ha-Kohen ha-Ro'eh al-, active 11th centuryיוסף אלבציר, Maḥkhimat peti מחכימת פתי
Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff. 172r-209r
Aaron ben Elijah, 1328?-1369אהרן בן אליה מניקומדיה, Gan Eden (Hilkhot sheḥitah) גן עדן (הלכות שחיטה)
Language(s): Hebrew
7. ff. 209v-210r
Hilkhot sheḥitah הלכות שחיטה
Language(s): Hebrew
8. ff. 210v-211v
Hilkhot sheḥitah הלכות שחיטה

Incipit: אבאר הזביחה האמורה בתורה הנתונה מגבורה

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (Watermarks e.g. like Briquet no. 826, dated 1407)
Extent: ff. 214

Hand(s)

Byzantine semi-cursive script.

On fols. 93r, 137v, 150r the name Yehduah is marked, perhaps he was the scribe.

History

Origin: [Byzantium]; [early 15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

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. 323, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 323, 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 17242

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 323.
    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. 323.

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