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MS. Pococke 234

Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

Contents

Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides

1. ff. 2v-6r
Ibn Gabirol, active 11th centuryאבן גבירול, שלמה בן יהודה, כתר מלכות לרשב"ג
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 6v-240v
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Dalalat al-hairin (Guide for the Perplexed) דלאלה אלחאירין

Fols. 6v-10r: index of the biblical verses cited in the book.

Language(s): Judeo-Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 240

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

Ownership inscriptions by Efraim ha-Rofeh and Saadiah ben Efraim ha-Rofeh, dated 1903 SE (= 1592 CE): "אפרים הרופה יצ"ו", "סעדיה בן אפרים הרפה" (fol. 2r).

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. 1239, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1239, 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 22053

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1239.
    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. 1239.
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