Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 124d

Oriental Manuscripts Oppenheim Collection

Contents

Midrash ha-Gadol (Numbers-Deuteronomy)

Physical Description

ff. 351. A combination of two different MSS: fols. 11-119 and fols. 124-346. As the types of watermarks suggest the latter part was probably written earlier. Fols. 1-10, 120-123, 347-351 are a much later completion of missing parts.

MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 124d/1

Contents

ff. 11r-119v
Adani, David ben Amram, active 13th century-14th centuryהעדני, דוד בן עמרם, Midrash ha-Gadol (Numbers-Deuteronomy) מדרש הגדול (במדבר-דברים)

Part of a group of four MSS containing Midrash ha-Gadol; see also MS. Opp. Add. 4° 124a, MS. Opp. Add. 4° 124b, MS. Opp. Add. 4°124c

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 108 (fols. 11-119)
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive script.

History

Origin: [Yemen]; [late 16th century]

MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 124d/2

Contents

ff. 124r-346v
Adani, David ben Amram, active 13th century-14th centuryהעדני, דוד בן עמרם, Midrash ha-Gadol (Numbers-Deuteronomy) מדרש הגדול (במדבר-דברים)

Part of a group of four MSS containing Midrash ha-Gadol; see also MS. Opp. Add. 4° 124a, MS. Opp. Add. 4° 124b, MS. Opp. Add. 4°124c

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 222 (fols. 124-346)
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive script.

History

Origin: [Yemen]; [early 16th century]

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, (No. 2338, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2338, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 21030

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2338.
    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. 2338.

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