Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 10

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Bet yaʻar ha-Levanon IV

ff. 1r-260r
Jagel, Abraham ben Hananiah dei Galicchi, active 16th century-17th centuryיגל, אברהם בן חנניה, 1553-1622, 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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 17222

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.

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