Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Reggio 6

Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection

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Sefer Yesod Olam

Sefer Yesod Olamספר יסוד עולםYitsḥaḳ ben Yosef, active 13th-14th centuryישראלי, יצחק בן יוסף

Beginning and end wanting; lacunae. The chronological chapter (iv.18 of the edition) is to be found in the MS. at the end of iii. There are marginal notes added headed נ"א.

Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2045.
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. 2045.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no.7890, dated 1424)
Extent: ff. 229
Dimensions (leaf): × cm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

No signatures. Catchword on almost each verso.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cursive script.

Decoration

Numerous diagrams.

Binding

Brown leather binding.

History

Origin: Southern Italy? or Byzantium?; early-mid-15th century

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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. i, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886 No. 2045 Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2045 Database of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.

Availability

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