Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 14

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Collection of astronomical texts

1. ff. 1v-9r
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164אבן עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר, 1089-1164, Keli ha-Nehoshet כלי הנחשת

Book on the astrolabe.

Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 17v-30r
Ibn Tibbon, Jacob ben Machir, approximately 1236-יעקב בן מכיר, Rovaʿ Yiśraʾel (Quadrant of Israel) רובע ישראל
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 44r-46v
Mosheh Boṭaril Faritsolפריצול, בוטריל משה, Perush luḥot Paras פרוש לוחות פריס

Commentary on the astronomical tables

Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 47r-56r
Mosheh Boṭaril Faritsolפריצול, בוטריל משה, Perush luḥot פרוש לוחות

Commentary on the astronomical tables

Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 57r-102v
Perush luḥot Paras פרוש לוחות פריס
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 102
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Continuous foliation in Arabic numerals. Individual paginations in Hebrew characters of different sections (fols. 1v-9r: 16 pages, fols. 17v-30r: 26 pages, fols. 44r-56r: 25 pages), fols. 57-102: Hebrew foliation (fols. 1-46)

Collation

10 quires: i 8, ii?, iii?, iv 10, v 8, vi-vii 10, viii-x 8. Structure of quires ii and iii is unclear. no signatures, catchwords on almost every verso.

Layout

Main text in one columns, notes, commentaries are inserted into it or written in the margins.

Hand(s)

Sephardi cursive script

Fols. 5r-102r: Sephardi cursive script.

Fols. 1v-4v: Sephardi semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Parchment binding

History

Origin: [North Africa]; [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. 2022, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2022), 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 19307

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2022.
    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. 2022.

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