Oriental manuscripts, mainly Hebrew, collected by Matteo Luigi Canonici 14th-16th century

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oriental manuscripts, mainly Hebrew, collected by Matteo Luigi Canonici 14th-16th century

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb3105-mss.canonicior.1-125,127-141

140 shelfmarks

tam,

arm,

heb,

ara,

tur,

syr,

University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6298634

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh5ch4 (person)

Epithet: Abbate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000027 ...

Aristotle

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k6ff5 (person)

Canonici, Matteo Luigi 1767-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f91ghv (person)

Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1805) became a Jesuit in 1743. His natural bent was towards history and antiquities, and when Accademico of the College of St. Catherine at Parma he formed a first collection of medals and books, but in 1768, when the Jesuit Order was suppressed in the kingdom of Naples and Duchy of Parma, it was confiscated. Next he collected pictures, but this scandalized his superiors, and he was forced to get rid of them, obtaining in exchange a museum of medals. In 1773 a further...