MS. Reggio 10
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Bet yaʻar ha-Levanon IV
ff. 1r-260r
, Bet yaʻar ha-Levanon IV בית יער הלבנון (ד) Table of content on fol.iv recto. Colophon of the author on fol. 260r dated 377 (1617)
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 260
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil in the upper left corner. There is an earlier foliation in Arabic numerals in pen in the lower margin upside down.
Collation
Difficult to see the quires, 2 modern flyleaves and 4 old flyleaves at the beginning; 2 unfoliated blank leaves + 2 modern and 2 old flyleaves at the end. no signatures catchwords on almost every verso.
Condition
Fols. 135-150: inkburnt leaves, very fragile.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Leather binding.
History
Origin: [Italy]; [early 17th 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. 1305, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1305), 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.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 1305.
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. 1305.
Ruderman, David B. Kabbalah, Magic, and Science: The Cultural Universe of a Sixteenth-century Jewish Physician (London: Harvard University Press, 1988): 171, no. 5.