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MS. Bodley Or. 597

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Commentary on the Pentateuch by Abraham ibn Ezra

ff. 1r-275v
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164אבן עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר ‬, Commentary on the Pentateuch פרוש התורה לראב"ע
Colophon: Colophon (fol. 273r): נשלם על ידי ... צ"ו בן הצדיק ר' ... תנצב"ה בשמת [ה] אלפים ושבעים ואחד לבריאת עולם כ"ח ימים בשבט שהוא אלף ומתאים וארבעים ושלשה לחרבן הבית המקדש שיבנה במהרה בימינו לאחי ... הרחמן... קבלתי המעות מידו משלם" Name of scribe and his brother the patron have been deleted. Dated 1311.
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 276
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

The order of the first three leaves were corrected in 1968.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script.

Binding

Light brown leather binding.

History

Origin: [Italy]; 1311

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription(?) in Hebrew on fol. 276r. Censors' signatures: "Fra. Hipp[olitus] Ferr[arens[is] Minorita purgavit ... librum 28 februarij 1601" (fol. 276v); Ceasar Belliosus, his signature is faded away, hardly legible.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 222, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 222, 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 16358

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 222.
    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. 222.

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