MS. Reggio 58
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Midrash of R. Tobiah bar Eliezer on Ecclesiastes
ff. 1r-27v
, 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.