Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 619

Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Codex

Parchment

Brown (iron-gall)

Quill

There is ruling

Metallic point leaving coloured traces

Presence of additional lines

26

14th Century CE

1320–1330

Ashkenaz

Liturgy

Complete

Provenance and Acquisition

False colophon on fol. 293r: אני מרדכי גימפיל מקראקא כתבתי המחזור הזה שנת מʹחʹזʹוʹר לפʺק ("I Mordekhai Gimpil of Cracow wrote this mahzor [in the] year 5261" [=1501]). Ownership inscription on fols. 1r and 293v: אני קלמן בר יוסף גרשון ("I Kalman ban Yosef Gershon").

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.

https://sfardata.nli.org.il/#/manuscript/ZC024 (Date accessed: 2024-12-05)

990000554860205171

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000554860205171&SearchTxt=mich.,AND (Date accessed: 2024-12-05)

https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_376 (Date accessed: 2024-12-05)

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