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Hebrew Bible: Book of Psalms

ff. 1r-75v
Hebrew Bible: Book of Psalms כתובים (תהלים)

Erased Latin charm on fol. 72r, English gloss on fol. 73.

It contains several abecedaria (alphabets): Arabic and Cyrillic alphabets with the names of the letters spelled out above in vocalised Hebrew script on fols. 72v-73v. Greek and Hebrew alphabets with Latin notes on fols. 74v-75r.

Erased French note of the sum of the ecclesiastical taxation for the provincde of Canterbury from the early 14th century.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 75
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 71 is blank.

Layout

XX

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi square script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding on boards, gold-tooled, clasps lost, English work of about 1600, re-backed.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [ca. 1300]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: 'Mattheaus [Parker, archiep.] Cantuar.' : 'Dec. 12, 1624. Ex dono Jo. Prideaux in S. Th. Doctoris, Collegij Exon. Rectoris...'

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 114, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 114, 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 16178

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. 114.
    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. 114.
    Kupfer, Marcia, "". . . lectres . . . plus vrayes": Hebrew Script and Jewish Witness in the Mandeville Manuscript of Charles V", Speculum 83 (2008): 58-111, esp. 81.
    Kulik, Alexander, "Jews from Rus’ in Medieval England", JQR 102, no. 3 (2012): 371-403.
    Kulik, Alexander, "Jews and the Language of Eastern Slavs", JQR 104, no. 1 (2014): 105–143, esp. 141-142.
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