Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 1

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Mahzor according to the Western Ashkenazi rite

ff.1-277
Mahzor according to the Western Ashkenazi riteמחזור מנהג אשכנז המערבי לכל השנה
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ff. 277
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

Quires mostly of 8 leaves no signatures, catchwords at the end of quires; illustrated catchword on fol. 30v.

Condition

Parchment is worn out

Layout

Pricking and ruling are often visible. Number of columns varies.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi square script

Decoration

Inhabited initial-word panels (fol. 158v, 159v, 178r, 207v), decorated initial words (e.g., fols. 165v, 212v)

Binding

Half bound, marble paper.

History

Origin: [Germany]; [ca. 1300 or early 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. 1023 Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1023 Database 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 22509

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1023.
    Metzger, Thérèse, and Mendel Metzger, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages: Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts of the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries (New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, 1982), p. 307
    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. 1023.

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