MS. Reggio 25
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Collection of kabbalistic works
1. ff. 1r-11v
Sefer ha-Temunah (Book 2) ספר התמונה (ספר ב) With commentary.
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 12v-26v
Perush Shem ben Shivʿim ṿe-stayim פרוש שם בן שבעים ושתים Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 27r-32r
Perush Shemaʿ Yiśraʾel פרוש שמע ישראל Language(s): Hebrew
4. ff. 33r-39r
Perush Hagadah shel Pesaḥ פרוש ההגדה של פסח Language(s): Hebrew
5. ff. 40r-41r
Perush Shem ben arbayim ṿe-stayim otiyot פרוש שם בן ארבעים ושתים אותיות Language(s): Hebrew
6. ff. 41v-42r
Perush ha-tefilot (extract) פרוש התפלות (קטע) Language(s): Hebrew
7. ff. 42v-43r
Yetsirat ha-golem (extracts) יצירת הגולם Language(s): Hebrew
8. ff. 44r-53r
, Perush Sefer yetsirah פרוש ספר יצירה Language(s): Hebrew
9. ff. 56r-59v
Sefer yetsirah ספר יצירה Language(s): Hebrew
10. ff. 60r-87r
, Perush Sefer yetsirah פרוש ספר יצירה Language(s): Hebrew
11. ff. 88r-101r
Sefer ha-Bahir ספר הבהיר Language(s): Hebrew
12. ff. 101v-102v
Kabalah me-ʻinyan ha-tefilah קבלה מענין התפלה Language(s): Hebrew
13. ff. 103r-104r
; , Tefilat ha-yiḥud תפלת היחוד Probably later addition, written in different hand.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 104
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 87 is double. Last two leaves added later (fols. 103-104)
Collation
Some signatures, in Hebrew characters no catchwords
Condition
Fol. 102 is torn.
Layout
Main text mostly in two columns.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script. Apart from no. 13 (fols. 103r-104r) copied by the same hand.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Brown paper binding.
History
Origin: [Italy]; [late 15th 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. 1557, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1557), 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. 1557.
מ’ אידל, כתבי אברהם אבולעפיה ומשנתו (עבודת דוקטור), חלק א (1976)
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. 1557.
ג’ שלום, פרקי יסוד בהבנת הקבלה וסמליה (ירושלים : מוסד ביאליק, תשל"ו), 405 ואילך.