MS. Pococke 68
Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection
Contents
Commentary on the Mishnah by Maimonides (Sanhedrin 10 [Ḥeleḳ Pereḳ], Avot)
1. ff. 1v-10v
, Commentary on the Mishnah, Sanhedrin, chapter 10 (Ḥeleḳ Pereḳ) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (סנהדרין, חלק פלק) At the beginning of the MS on fol. 1r the end of the Moreh Nevukhim in Arabic and the colophon of the same scribe.
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 10v-50v
, Commentary on the Mishnah (Avot) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם (אבות) Colophon: Colophon on fol .50v: "נשלמה מסכת אבות בעזרת שדי בתרין בשבא דהוא שנים ועשרים בחדש שבט שנת הרמ"ח ליצירה דהיא שנת אתשצט לשרות וכתב העבד הצעיר מכל אשר בעיר יוסף בר ידיד המכונה גראוי נב"ע בר יצחק בר משה בר יוסף יהי מבורך עליו ועל כל הקורא בו אוי"ר"
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 50v-54r
Questions and answers and Mishnah Avot 6Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 54
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Hand(s)
Oriental square and semi-cursive scripts.
History
Origin: [Orient]; 1488
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription dated 1950 on fol. "אברהים עבוד ... אתתק"נ לשטרות"
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. 407, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 407, 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. 407.
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. 407.