MS. Reggio 39
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Shaʿare Gan ʿeden
ff. 1r-80r
, Shaʿare Gan ʿeden שערי גן עדן Theological treatise on Paradise divided into four parts.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no. 7125 dated 1577, but without the letters)
Extent: ff. 80
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
7 quires: i 10-1, ii-vii 12 no signatures, catchwords at the end of the quires
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled.
History
Origin: [Italy]; [late 16th 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. 1307, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1307), 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. 1307.
א’ דוד, קרית ספר נט (תשמ"ד), עמ’ 960-962
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. 1307.