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Kennicott Bible
The Kennicott Bible ( gl, Biblia Kennicott or ), also known as the First Kennicott Bible, is an illuminated manuscript created in the city of A Coruña in 1476. Written by the calligrapher and illuminated by Joseph ibn Hayyim, this manuscript is considered by some, such as the historian , the most important religious manuscript of History of Galicia#Medieval Galicia, medieval Galicia. It is also regarded as one of the most exquisite illuminated manuscripts in Hebrew language in an article published by the University of Santiago de Compostela#Library, Library of the University of Santiago de Compostela, and the most lavishly illuminated Sephardic Jews, Sephardic manuscript of the 15th century by . The manuscript is named after Benjamin Kennicott, a Hebraist, Hebrew scholar and Canon (title)#Church of England, canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, who bought the manuscript from the Radcliffe Science Library, Radcliffe Library, from where it was transferred to the Bodleian Libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. Under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom, and under Irish law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or "the Bod", it operates principally as a reference library and, in general, documents may not be removed from the reading rooms. In 2000, a number of libraries within the University of Oxford were brought together for administrative purposes under the aegis of what was initially known as Oxford University Library Services (OULS), and since 2010 as the Bodleian Libraries, of which the Bodleian Library is the largest comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
