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 השנהLanguage(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.
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.