MS. Huntington Donat. 20
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
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Midrash Tanḥuma
ff. 1r-189r
Midrash Tanḥuma מדרש תנחומא Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper, outer and inner sheets of quires made of parchment
Extent: ff. 189
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
x quires + 2 leaves inner/outer leaf of quire Hebrew/Arabic characters catchwords, repeated words, marked central opening
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
History
Origin: [Spain]; 1332
Provenance and Acquisition
It was one of the 35 MSS donated by Robert Huntington to the Bodleian Library in 1678, 1680, and 1683.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 153, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 153, 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. 153.
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. 153.