MS. Bodley Or. 74
Oriental Manuscripts Bodley Oriental
Contents
Shaʿare Orah by Gikatilla
ff. 3r-275r
, Shaʿare Orah שערי אורה On the flyleaf, there are three lines of poetry.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no. 13023, dated 1430-1436)
Extent: ff. 277
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi cusive script.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled.
History
Origin: [Sepharad (Provence?)]; [ca. 1430]
Provenance and Acquisition
Probably acquired about 1611-1615(see 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. 1588, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1588, 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.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1588.
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. 1588.