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MS. Bodley Or. 42

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Contents

Ḳaṿanot ha-Filozofim (Part 1) by Ghazzālī

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Ghazzālī, 1058-1111אלע’זאלי, מחמד בן מחמד, Ḳaṿanot ha-Filozofim (Intentions of the Philosophers) (part I) כונות הפילוסופים (חלק א)

Hebrew translation of Maqâsid al-falâsifa

Beginning is incomplete.

With Moses of Narbonne's commentary.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper, watermark to identify, numerous blank flyleaves at the beginning and at the end, probably added at later at rebinding.
Extent: ff. 37
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

5 quires: i 8-1, ii-iv 8, v 6 in Latin and Arabic characters: m1, m2, m3, m4, m5 catchwords

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind-tooled.

History

Origin: [Italy]; [early 15th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Seems to be the MS referred to as 'Mahomet de Rebus Naturalibus Heb.' in 1605, becoming 'Arabic' in 1620: if so, it probably came to the Library in 1603-1605 (see, S.C., vol. II, p. 740).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 1348, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1348, 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 22374

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1348.
    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. 1348.

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