Moreh Nevukhim — [ca. 1300]; [Spain]
MS. Laud Or. 234
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Moreh Nevukhim — [ca. 1300]; [Spain]
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 234
Date
[ca. 1300]
Language
Hebrew
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ff. 216
Decoration
Illuminated full page initial-word panels with full floral border at the beginning of the work and at the beginning of books 2 and 3 (fols. 7v, 141v, fol. 83v); and illuminated initial-word panels(fols. 82r, 142r).
Acquisition
Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).
Provenance
Ownership inscription: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepi[scopi] Cant[uariensis] et Cancellar[ii] Universitatis Oxon[iensis] 1634" (fol. 1r); erased Arabic (?) note on fol. 1r; erased Hebrew note on fol. 215v, undeciphered Hebrew inscription on fol. 216r
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Title
Maimonides
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 234
Date
Before 1356
Language
Hebrew
Physical facet
On vellum, illumination at the beginning of the books
Physical extent
424 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2124 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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