Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a

Oriental Manuscripts Oppenheim Collection

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Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch preceded by anonymous grammatical work

1. ff. 1r-32r
Anonymous grammatical work מחברת התיג’אן

Published from this MS by Derenbourg (1870).

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 32v-316r
Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch תורה

Written for Saʿadiah ben Yeshuʿah ben Daṿid. Date given in colophon is Marḥeshṿan 1790 AS (anno Seleuci, Seleucid era) (=1478 CE).

Colophon: Colophon by the scribe Yosef ben Baniyah on fol. 315v: "נכתבה ... על שם אלופי ומיודעי סעדיה שץ בירב ישועה זצ"ל בירב דוד רי"ת ... נשלמה חדש מרחשון שנת א’תש"צ ... והכותב הקל והנקל יוסף בן בניה שץ בן סעדיה רי"ת"
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 316
Dimensions (leaf):
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Hand(s)

Yemenite semi-cursive and square script.

Fols. 1v-31v: Yemenite semi-cursive script.

Fols. 32r-316v: Yemenite square script.

History

Origin: [Yemen]; 1478

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchase note dated 1882 AS (=1571 CE): "קנינו אנו העדים החותמין למטה מן גיאת בן דאוד בן סעיד בן גי’את אלגמל ... אתתפ"ב שנין לשטרי במדינה צנעא ... יוסף בן אברהם יסל", מוזכר בו גם הבעלים: "יחיא בן דאוד אלחמאמי". (fol. 32v). List of births at the beginning and at the end dated 1823-1920 AS (=1512-1609 CE)

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, (No. 1505, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1505, 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 16424

Bibliography

    Derenbourg, J., "Manuel du lecteur d'un auteur inconnu," Journal Asiatique ser. 6, 16 (1870): 309-550.
    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1505.
    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. 1505.

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