Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 46

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Collection of astronomical and astrological texts

1. ff. 1v-7v
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן, Sefer ha-ibur (The Book of Intercalation) ספר העבור
Language(s): Hebrew
2. ff. 14v-18r
Ḥadab, Isaac ben Salomonחדב, יצחק בן שלמה (מחבר משוער), Mapah asṭrologit מפה אסטרולוגית
Language(s): Hebrew
3. ff. 24v-31v
Ibn al-Ṣaffār, Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allâh 09..-1035אלצפאר, אחמד אבן, 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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 19306

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.

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