MS. Bodley Or. 803
Oriental Manuscripts Bodley Oriental
Contents
Pentateuch (Lev. 3:1-)
Second part of a three-volume Bible (Bodl. Or. 802, Bodl. Or. 804)
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Text mostly in four columns.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi square script.
Decoration
Micrography (e.g., fols. 126r, 166v)
Carmina figurata (e.g., fols. 125v, 166r, 201v, 202r)
Binding
Brown leather binding, gold-tooled, coat of arms of Westminster School (?): a cross flory between five martlets, on a chief quarterly France and England between two roses (see Summary Catalogue)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought from Isaac Abendana in 1668 for £37, a sum which perhaps included other Hebrew MSS (ch., S.C.).
Record Sources
Availability
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