MS. Reggio 53
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Alfe Mishnah
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Alfe Mishnah אלפי משנה An alphabetical list of proverb occuring in the Talmud, the Midrash Rabah and Tanhuma, and the Zohar. With the commentary of R. Abraham Marpurgo
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 82
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
10 quires: i 8, ii 10, iii-iv 6, v 8, vi 10, vii-ix 8, x 10-1 no signatures, catchwords on every page
Condition
Worm eaten, fragile paper
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script.
Binding
Light brown binding, blind-tooled with a coat of arms in the centre.
History
Origin: Gradisca [d'Isonzo]; [AM 5[5]37 (1776/1777CE and later]
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. 2260, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2260), 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. 2260.
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. 2260.