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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384

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Shelfmark

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384

Collection

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Item Nature

Book Type

Codex

Writing

Writing Material

Parchment

Ink

Brown (iron-gall)

Writing Instrument

Calamus

Ruling

Ruling Existence

There is ruling

Ruling Method

Hard point

Ruling Pattern

Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines

Number of Written Lines

Number of Ruled Lines

Dimensions

Height

291

Width

218

Height of Written Area

193

Width of Written Area

151

Date

Date Mentioned

1399

Date Century

14th Century CE

Place

Locality of Writing

Italy, Camerino

Estimated Geographical Area

Italy

Language

Hebrew

Subject Field

Bible commentary

Vowels and Signs

Hebrew Vocalisation

No vowels or accents

Other

Item History

Censors' signatures: "visto per me Gio do[mi]nico Carretto 1617" (fol. 141r); "Dominico Irosolomi[ta]no 1597" (fol. 141v).
Owners' inscriptions: Neḥamah, daughter of R. Shlomoh ha-menagen, widow of R. Shmuel ben Mosheh of Candia sold this commentary to Zilah, daughter of Yeḳutiel, widow of Menaḥem for 3 dukats on 8 Av 5224 (13 July 1464) at Fano ( "נחמה בת ר’ שלמה המנגן ישר"ו אלמנת כמ"ר שמואל בר משה מקנדיאה" מכרה ל"מרת צילה בת כמ"ר יקותיאל ז"ל אלמנת כמ"ר מנחם ז"ל" בשנת רכ"ד ) (fol. 141v); Yeḥiel ben Mordekhai ha-Kohen sold it to Moshe ben Nataniel of Norzi on 13 Kislev 273 (25 November 1513) ( "יחיאל בן מרדכי כהן" מכר את כה"י ל"משה יזיי"א בכמ"ר נתנאל מנורצי" (fol. 141v).

It belonged to the library of Heimann Joseph Michael (1792-1846), which was purchased en bloc (altogether 862 volumes) by the Bodleian Library in 1848 through Messrs. Asher and Co. for £1030.

SfarData Link

https://sfardata.nli.org.il/#/manuscript/0C034 (Date accessed: 2025-02-20)

Ktiv Reference Number

990000880740205171

Ktiv Link

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS&scope=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000880740205171&SearchTxt=Mich.,AND (Date accessed: 2025-02-20)

Repository Library Link

https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_375 (Date accessed: 2025-02-20)

Further Bibliography

Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 187.

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. 187

Published: 20 Feb 2025, 10:38 a.m.

Created: 18 Apr 2024, 9:22 a.m. by Elena Lolli

Last Updated: 4 Jun 2026, 3:34 p.m. by Elena Lolli

Entry Authors: Elena Lolli

How to cite this page: Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/items/405/ on 2026-08-03.

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: 142v