Menorat ha-Ma'or — copie de Joseph Hayyun (1441)

Sephardic copy dated 1441 of the Menorat ha-Ma'or by Israel ben Joseph Aln'kaoua, identified at the Bodleian under the shelfmark MS. Opp. 146 (formerly Opp. 954; Neubauer no. 1312). The colophon of fol. 147b specifies the copyist — Moïse the ḥazzan (officiating cantor) — and the recipient — Joseph Hayyun (a patronym attested in several 15th-century Sephardic circles; identification to be confirmed). Ff. 297–312 are by a second hand, revealing an extended material history. Provenance: 1 Copy dated 1441 (colophon fol. 147b: Moïse the ḥazzan for Joseph Hayyun) 2 Subsequent partial restoration (ff. 297–312) 3 David Oppenheim collection (1664–1736), chief rabbi of Prague 4 Bodleian Library, since 1829 (Oppenheim collection) Codicological notice — origin Western Sephardic milieu (Spain or post-1391 diaspora, to be determined); copyist: Moïse the ḥazzan; script: Sephardic; early catalogues: Neubauer Catalogue 1886 · 1312; editorial status: Critical edition available. — Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-146; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Sources & resources

• Neubauer, A. Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, Oxford, 1886, n° 1312.
• Notice KTIV — National Library of Israel, fiche du MS. Opp. 146.
• Enelow, Hyman G. (éd.). Menorat Ha-Maor by R. Israel Ibn Al-Nakawa, New York, Bloch, 1929-1932.
• Fiche MMJMM : https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-opp-146