Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 39

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Shaʿare Gan ʿeden

ff. 1r-80r
Salṭaro, Yehudah ben Mosheh(assumed author)סלטרו, יהודה בן משה (מחבר משוער), 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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 22121

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.

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