Livnat ha-Sapir — [late 15th century]; [Italy] | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Livnat ha-Sapir — [late 15th century]; [Italy]

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Or. 4

Date

[late 15th century]

Language

Hebrew

ff. 10r-130v Judah ben Jehiel, active 15th centuryנתן בן יחיאל, מרומה Livnat ha-Sapir (The Pavement of Sapphire) לבנת הספיר

Form

codex

Support

paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no. 2669 (?), dated 1459), outer and inner sheets of quires made of parchment.

Physical extent

ff. 131

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

"יצחק צורף ... מווירונה", "משה מירי"(?) (fol. 2r); "שמשון כהן מודון יצ"ו ממנטובה ... ה’תנ"ט" (fol. 2v)

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