Notitia codicis Samaritano-Arabici in Bibliotheca Bodleiana adservati Pentateuchum complectentis : in qua virorum cel. D. Durellii Coll. Hert. Principalis et H. E. G. Pauli Ling. Orient. Prof. Jenensis errores demonstrantur /
Nicoll, Alexander,1793-1828.
Williams, George,1814-1878,former owner.StEdNL
Oxonii : [s.n.],
1817.
This is the only edition of a pamphlet on Arabic manuscript versions of the Pentateuch held in the Bodeian Library. The author, Alexander Nicoll, was a sub-librarian in the Bodleian Library and later a professor of Hebrew at Oxford. In the pamphlet he draws attention to errors in the interpretation of these Pentateuch manuscripts by the 18th-century biblical scholar David Durell of Hertford College, and the German professor of oriental languages, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus. Only 60 copies of the book were printed of which 10 were on large paper.
The recto of the front flyleaf has manuscript annotations which note the distribution of each of the 10 large-paper copies: some went to professors of Hebrew and Arabic and some to Oxford librarians, tutors and fellows. The front flyleaf also has a pasted piece of paper on it indicating that the book was formerly owned by George Williams, who served as Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1854 to 1857.
Includes bibliographical references.
Durell, D. (David), 1728-1775.
Paulus, H. E. G. (Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob), 1761-1851.
Bodleian Library.
Bible.
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