MS. Reggio 41
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Commentary on the More Nevukhim
ff. 1r-240r
, ʿEyn ha-ḳore עין הקורא Commentary on the More Nevukhim
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 240
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fol. 127 is double.
Collation
Quires of mostly 12 leaves, signature on the upper margin of the first verso of every quire, catchwords on almost every verso.
Condition
Upper part of collation is water-damaged.
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Binding
Half bound, marble paper.
History
Origin: [North Africa?]; [early-mid 16th century]
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchase note(?) in upper margin of fol. 1r
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. 1263, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 1263), 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. 1263.
Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, Between Worlds: The Life and Thought of Rabbi David ben Judah Messer Leon (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991), 343.
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. 1263.