Arbaʿah Ṭurim (Oraḥ ḥayim) — [mid 15th century]; [Italy] | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Description

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Title

Arbaʿah Ṭurim (Oraḥ ḥayim) — [mid 15th century]; [Italy]

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Or. 19

Date

[mid 15th century]

Language

Hebrew

ff. 2r-196v Jacob ben Asher, approximately 1269-approximately 1340יעקב בן אשר, ?1270-?1340 Arbaʿah Ṭurim (Oraḥ ḥayim) טור (ארח חיים)

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ff. 197

Hands

The scribe's name (Samuel) is incorporated in the concluding formula (fol. 196v)

Decoration

Not decorated.

Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici's (1727-1805) collections passed to his brother Giuseppe, and on his death in 1807 to Giovanni Perissinotti and Girolamo Cardina, who divided them. To the former fell the MSS., then about 3550 in number, and, after many attempts to sell them, the Bodleian became the purchaser of the greater part in 1817, for £5444 5s. 1d., or including incidental expenses about £6030, the largest single purchase ever made by the Library. The formal list of volumes handed over was signed on May 18, 1817, and the books probably arrived later that year.

Provenance

Ownership inscription by Yosef ben Smuel on fol. 1v: לעולם יחתום אדם שמו על ספרו שלו יהא אדם מן השוק ויערער עליו לכן חתמתי שמי עליו נאם יוסף בר שמואל ז"ל List of deceased in Italian and in Hebrew at the end (fol. 197v)

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