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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 234

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 234

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 Pattern

Framework only

Dimensions

Height

290

Width

210

Date

Date Century

14th Century CE

Place

Estimated Geographical Area

Sepharad

Language

Hebrew

Subject Field

Philosophy

Vowels and Signs

Hebrew Vocalisation

No vowels or accents

Other

Item History

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

Donated to the Library by Archbishop William Laud (see Summary Catalogue, vol.II, part 1, pp.13-14).

Ktiv Reference Number

990000928900205171

Ktiv Link

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000928900205171&SearchTxt=laud%20or,AND (Date accessed: 2024-09-13)

Repository Library Link

https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_355 (Date accessed: 2024-09-13)

Further Bibliography

Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1250.

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. 1250.

Created: 13 Sep 2024, 9:38 a.m. by Elena Lolli

Entry Authors: Elena Lolli

How to cite this page: Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 234', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/items/630/ on 2025-12-04.

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 234: 8r