MS. Reggio 46
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Collection of astronomical and astrological texts
1. ff. 1v-7v
, Sefer ha-ibur (The Book of Intercalation) ספר העבור Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 14v-18r
, Mapah asṭrologit מפה אסטרולוגית Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 24v-31v
, Manual on the Astrolabe פרוש האצטרולב Translation by Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon
Marginal comments by Yitsḥaḳ ibn el Aḥdav (the scribe?)
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks of the same type as Briquet no. 11158, dated 1482 - 1483)
Extent: ff. 34
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fols. 8-14r, 18v-24r, and 32-34 are blank.
Collation
4 quires: i-ii 6, iii 12, iv 10 Hebrew/Arabic characters one catchword on fol. 5v
Layout
Text in one column.
Hand(s)
Sephardi cursive script
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Half bound.
History
Origin: [Provence?]; [late 15th century]
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership (?) inscription on fol. 31v: "Imanuel [...]"
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. 2021, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2021), 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. 2021.
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. 2021.