MS. Reggio 13
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Collection of astrological and astronomical texts
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Sefer ha-Kolel ספר הכולל Mainly extracts from Abraham ibn Ezra's astrological treatises
Language(s): Hebrew
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, Panim be-mishpaṭ פנים במשפט Hebrew translation of Capitula Astrologiae by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor ( אבהרם בן שלמה אביגדור )
Language(s): Hebrew
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Sefer ha-Teḳufah ספר התקופה Astronomical rules, contains extracts from Abraham ibn Ezra's works
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 84
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
ix quires: i-viii 10, ix 8-2 (2 unfoliated, blank leaves at the end) no signatures catchwords on every verso.
Condition
Good condition.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Binding
Parchment binding.
History
Origin: [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. 2028, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2028), 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. 2028.
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. 2028.
Sela, Shlomo, "Sefer ha-Tequfah: an unknown treatise on anniversary horoscopy by Abraham Ibn Ezra," Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism 9, no. 2 (2009): 241-254
Freudenthal, Gad, ed. Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 278-279, n.166.
Sela, Shlomoh, Abraham Ibn Ezra on nativities and continuous horoscopy : a parallel Hebrew-English critical edition of the Book of nativities and the Book of revolution (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 78.