Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Huntington 441

Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection

Contents

Collection of kabbalistic texts

1. ff. 1r-18r
Yosef Ḳasṭelקשטיל, יוסף, Responsa to the questions about kabbalah posed by R. Yehudah Ḥayṭ תשובות לשאלות על דרך הקבלה ששאל ר’ יהודה חייט
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 18r-39v
Yaʿaḳov ben Yaʿaḳov ha-Kohenיעקב בן יעקב הכהן, Perush merkhavat Yeḥezkiel פרוש מרכבת יחזקאל

Commentary on the hafṭarah about Ezekiel's Vision (Ez. 1:1-28 and 3:12), the hafṭarah for the first day of Shavuot.

Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 39v-71v
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, 1248-ג’קטילה, יוסף בן אברהם, Perush maʿaśeh merkhavah פרוש מעשה מרכבה

Commentary on the hafṭarah about Ezekiel's Vision (Ez. 1:1-28 and 3:12), the hafṭarah for the first day of Shavuot.

Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 72r-144v
Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305ליאון, משה די, Sefer ha-Shem ספר השם
Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 145v-215v
Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305ליאון, משה די, Mishkan ha-ʿedut משכן העדות
Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff. 216r-237r
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, ?-1340בחיי בן אשר אבן חלאוה, Shulḥan shel ʾarbaʿ שלחן של ארבע
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (groups of watermarks)
Extent: ff. 237
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 71 is double, fol. 215 is threefoold, fol. 144 missed in foliation.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Sephardi cursive and semi--cursive scripts.

Fols. 1-13: Sephardi cursive script

Fols. 14-215(iii) and fols. 216r-237r: Sephardi semi-cursive script.

History

Origin: [North Africa]; [early 16th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

It belonged to the oriental collection of Robert Huntington (1636/7-1701), and was bought in 1693 together with 645 other MSS for £752 10s.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 1655, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 1655, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 17396

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1655.
    Beit-Arié, Malachi and R.A. May (eds), Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I (A. Neubauer’s Catalogue) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), no. 1655.

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