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Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Ḳodashim) by Maimonides

ff. 1r-163v
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204משה בן מימון, Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Ḳodashim) פרוש המשנה לרמב"ם בערבית (סדר קדשים)

Short commentary on Gen. 41:15 signed Moses (?) ben Isaac יעבץ

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Occidental, pre-watermarked paper
Extent: ff. 164
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 2 is a later completion on a watermarked leaf. Fol. 85: 15th century.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script, written by several hands.

Binding

Brown leather binding, blind tooled.

History

Origin: [Sepharad]; [late 13th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: by Imanuel Sirio on fol. 1r: עמנואל סורירו ; by Soliman bar Avraham of-Girah on fol. XXX "סולימן ב"ר אברהם מגירה".

Bought of Moses Hecht in May 1852 (Hecht list no. 24)(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. 405, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 405, 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 18393

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 405.
    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. 405.

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