Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 20541

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.

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