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Sefer ha-Parnas by Mosheh Parnas

1. ff. 1r-68v
Parnas, Moshehמשה, פרנס, מרוטנבורג, Sefer ha-Parnas ספר הפרנס

212 ritual decisions by Meir of Rothenburg collected by one of his pupils.

According to colophon, it was written for Mosheh ben יסעדיה ha-Kohen.

Colophon: Colophon of the scribe Shlomoh ben Eliyah, dated 5 Elul [5]102 (=1342 CE): "חזק ונתחזק הסופר לא יזק לא היום ולא לעולם עד שיעלה חמר בסלם סיימתי זה הספר לר’ משה בר’ יסעדיה הכהן משנת מאה ושתים לפר’ ביום ה’ בירח אלול חמשה ימים ... אני הסופר שלמה בר’ אליה זצ"ל" (fol. 75v)
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 69r-70r
Abstracts from the Sefer Ḥasidim לקוטים מספר חסידים

The text is identical to MS. Opp. 614 both in content and appearance.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 75
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Layout

Text in two columns.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; 1342

Provenance and Acquisition

Apparently acquired about 1680 (Summary Catalogue).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 782, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 782, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 20319

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 782.
    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. 782.

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