MS. Reggio 16
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Elijah ben Josef of Nola's commentary on Job
ff. 1r-100r
, Commentary on the Writings (Job) פרוש כתובים לאליהו נולנו (איוב) Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks: Briquet no. 969, dated 1570-1582)
Extent: ff. 100
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals as well as in Hebrew characters.
Collation
5 quires: i-iv 20, v 20-1 no signatures catchwords on every verso.
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Paper binding.
History
Origin: [Italy; late 16th century]
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription and book list: איש גר אנכי בארץ (fol. 1r); censors' signatures: Camillo Jaghel 1613; Renato da Modena 1626 (fol. 100v)
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. 348), Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 348, 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.
Microfilm
MSS R.R. Film No. F 17267
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 348.
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. 348.