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MS. Oppenheim 249

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Contents

Talmud Bavli, Seder Neziḳin (Bava Batra 9-79)

ff. 1r-58v
Talmud Bavli, Seder Neziḳin (Bava Batra 9-79) תלמוד בבלי סדר נזיקין (בבא בתרא ט-עט)

With the commentary of Rashi until the middle of chapter 3, rest is an anonymous commentary.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 58
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 160 mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Incomplete, end is missing.

Collation

5 quires: i 8-1, ii-iii 12, iv 10, v 8-1 no signatures catchwords at the end of quires

Condition

Very bad condition, parchment is wavy and had to be fixed in many places.

Layout

Main text in one column surrounded with commentaries in the margin.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script. Written by three scribes: fols. 1r-14r (probably called Samuel), fols. 14v-30v, fols. 31r-58v (probably called Jacob)

Decoration

Engraved title page.

Commentary is sometimes in the form of carmina figurata (e.g. fol. 10v, 13v, 28v)

Additions: Engraved title page added by David Oppenheim.

Binding

Parchment binding.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [14th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

It belonged to Rabbi Isaac Samuel Reggio's (1784-1855) library, which was purchased en bloc by the Bodleian Library in 1853.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 369, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 369, 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 18350

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 369.
    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. 369.
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