MS. Huntington 556
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
Supercommentary on Rashi and on Ramban on the Pentateuch
ff. 1r-251r
Supercommentary on Rashi and on Ramban on the Pentateuch פרוש על פרוש התורה לרש"י ולרמב"ן Compilation of various commentaries.
Fragment A 487 (Supercommentary on Nahmanides' Exodus commentary) in the Rylands Genizah contains almost the same text.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 251
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
History
Origin: [Spain]; [15th 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. 241, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 241, 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.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 241.
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. 241.