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MS. Pococke 68

Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

Contents

Commentary on the Mishnah by Maimonides (Sanhedrin 10 [Ḥeleḳ Pereḳ], Avot)

1. ff. 1v-10v
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, 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
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, 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 6
Language(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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 18395

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.

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