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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 269

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 269

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

Dimensions

Height

332

Width

233

Date

Date Century

15th Century CE

Date Observations

mid-late 14th century

Place

Estimated Geographical Area

Ashkenaz

Language

Hebrew

Subject Field

Halakha

Vowels and Signs

Hebrew Vocalisation

No vowels or accents

Other

Item History

Owners inscription: "Liber Guilielmi Laud Archiepi[scopi] Cantuari[i] et Cancellarii Universitatis Oxon[iensis] 1633" (fol.2v). At the end of the MS births and deaths; the earliest is of 5207 (1407), the death of R. Shimon ben Yitsḥaḳ.

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

Ktiv Reference Number

990000901880205171

Ktiv Link

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000901880205171&SearchTxt=laud%20or,AND (Date accessed: 2024-09-18)

Repository Library Link

https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_356 (Date accessed: 2024-09-18)

Further Bibliography

Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 680.

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. 680.

Created: 18 Sep 2024, 8:23 a.m. by Elena Lolli

Entry Authors: Elena Lolli

How to cite this page: Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 269', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/items/632/ on 2025-12-23.

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 269: 3v