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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803

Collection

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Item Nature

Book Type

Codex

Writing

Writing Material

Parchment

Ink

Brown (iron-gall)

Writing Instrument

Quill

Ruling

Ruling Existence

There is ruling

Ruling Method

Metallic point leaving coloured traces

Ruling Pattern

Framework only

Number of Written Lines

Number of Ruled Lines

Date

Date Century

13th Century CE

Date Observations

13th-14th c.

Place

Estimated Geographical Area

Ashkenaz

Place Observations

Germany?

Language

Hebrew

Subject Field

Bible

Vowels and Signs

Hebrew Vocalisation

Complete

Other

Item History

Bought from Isaac Abendana in 1668 for £37, a sum which perhaps included other Hebrew MSS.

Further Bibliography

Kennicott, Benjamin, Dissertatio generalis in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum: cum variis lectionibus, ex codicibus manuscriptis et impressis. Recudi curavit et notas adiecit Paulus Iacobus Bruns. Brunovici: Orphanotrophei, 1783.

Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 3.

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. 3.

Ktiv record:
https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000708080205171&scope=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS
(Accessed on 02/02/2024)

Created: 2 Feb 2024, 4:27 p.m. by Elena Lolli

Entry Authors: Elena Lolli

How to cite this page: Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/items/247/ on 2025-12-04.

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: 125v