Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 58

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

Contents

Midrash of R. Tobiah bar Eliezer on Ecclesiastes

ff. 1r-27v
Ṭoviyahu ben Eliʻezer, active 11th centuryטוביה בן אליעזר, Midrash of R. Tobiah bar Eliezer on Ecclesiastes פסקתא זוטרתא

On fol.1r: "פסיקתא זוטרתא דקהלת מר’ טוביה בר’ אליעזר" ‬

Scribbles on front and back pastedown

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 43
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil. Earlier pagination in Arabic numerals in pen, according to this the first 22 pages are missing (fol.1 = page 23). Fols. 28-43 are blank.

Collation

5 quires: i 6, ii 10, iii 6, iv 10-1, v 8 + 4 foliated flyleaves no signatures, catchwords on every verso.

Layout

Text in one column.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi cursive script

Decoration

Not decorated.

Binding

Half bound, marble paper.

History

Origin: [Ashkenaz]; [ca. 1800]

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. 163, Catalogueof the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 163),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.

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 16227

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 163.
    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. 163.

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