MS. Reggio 34
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Ari nohem
ff. 1r-50r
, Ari nohem ארי נוהם Title page of the planned printed edition is on fol. (i)r.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 50
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals and in Hebrew characters (the latter starts on fol. 2).
Collation
7 quires: i 8+1, ii-iv 8, v 4, vi 8, vii 6-1. Fol. 1 is attached to quire i. The last leaf of the last folio serves as back pastwdown. no signatures, No catchwords.
Condition
Good condition.
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Marble paper binding.
History
Origin: [Italy]; [early 19th 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. 2186, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2186), 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. 2186.
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. 2186.
Dweck, Yaacob, The Scandal of Kabbalah: Leon Modena, Jewish Mysticism, Early Modern Venice (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), 240.