Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Kennicott 4

Oriental Manuscripts Kennicott Collection

Contents

Pentateuch Five Scrolls and Hafṭarot

ff. 1r-365v
Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch with masorah magna and parva, Hafṭarot and Five Megilot

The colophon is written in a small, different script, which again is not similar to the script of the masorah. It is dated 5078. The MS. might have been written earlier.

Colophon: נשלם זה הספר שליש ראשון לח’ סיון שנת ג’א’ל’ י’ג’א’ל’ לאלף הששי (fol.269r, end of Pentateuch)

Masorah in micrographic design (e.g., fol. 90r, 143r, 22v-223r).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff.365
Dimensions (other):
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Text in two columns.

Hand(s)

Punctuated Sephardi square script.

Binding

Red leather binding. Paste-downs are from a printed edition of the Yoreh De'ah.

History

Origin: [Spain]; 1318?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership notes: on fol.5r: "מקנת כספי יצחק" ; on fol.121r: "אישטי לי יצחק קאלדילון"

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2326., Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2326. 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)

Bibliography

    Kennicott, Benjamin, Dissertatio generalis in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum: cum variis lectionibus, ex codicibus manuscriptis et impressis. Recudi curavit et notas adiecit Paulus Iacobus Bruns. Brunovici: Orphanotrophei, 1783.
    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no.2326.
    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.2326.

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