MS. Pococke 276
Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection
Contents
Miscellany of philosophical texts
Moses Ibn Tibon's translation.
According to the colophon it was written for Shlomoh ben Yehoshua
Incomplete, in the colophon, the scribe Tanḥum ben Mosheh of Beaucaire (see Sirat, p. 256) mentions six works (books)Another part of the original manuscript is in Paris, BnF (MS hèbr. 923).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
Full page decorations (fols. 40v, 56r, 56v, 57r)
Full-page illustration (fol. 40r)
Floral full and partial borders (e.g., fols. 1r, 21r, 41r, 55r, 55v)
Decoration around initial word (e.g., fols. 1v, 7r, 7v, 9r, 16v, 41r)
Binding
Brown leather binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Censors' signatures: "[...]" (fol. 55v); "Fr[a] Hipp[olitu]s 1601"; Latin inscription on fol. 58v: "Ioannis Prot(?)" (fol. 59v)
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
Availability
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