MS. Bodley Or. 108
Oriental Manuscripts Bodley Oriental
Contents
Collection of texts on medicine
Physical Description
ff. 86
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Apparently acquired about 1680(see Summary Catalogue).
MS. Bodley Or. 108/1
Contents
1. fols. 1r-4r
, Tsurat ha-otiyot צורת האותיות Language(s): Hebrew
2. fols. 4v-7v
, Commentary on Jesaiah 52-53 פרוש הנה ישכיל עבדי Language(s): Hebrew
3. fols. 7v-9r
, Maʾamar al ha-Nevuʾah ṿe-al ha-dorot ha-rishonot sheba-Miḳra מאמר על הנבואה ועל הדורות הראשונים שבמקרא Treatise on prophecy and the first generations of the Bible.
Language(s): Hebrew
4. fol. 9r
, Commentary on the Talmud (Ḳidushin 28) פרוש התלמוד לדנן (קדושין כח) Language(s): Hebrew
5. fol. 9v
, Grammatical notes on the word meyaledet in Ex.1:15Language(s): Hebrew
6. fols. 10r-12v
, Commentary on the Mishnah (Kelim 3:1) פרוש המשנה לדנן (כלאים ג:א) Language(s): Hebrew
7. fols. 12v-14r
, Ḥibur ʿal ha-lulav חבור על הלולב Language(s): Hebrew
8. fols. 14r-18v
, Seder ha-dorot סדר הדורות Chronological work.
Language(s): Hebrew
9. fols. 19r-21v
, Tshuvah al ha-anusim תשובה על האנוסים Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 22
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script; probably copied by Judah (pointed out on fol. 15v).
Decoration
History
Origin: [North Africa]; [early 16th century]
MS. Bodley Or. 108/2
Contents
10. fols. 22r-23v
, Musar ha-Śekhel מוסר השכל Language(s): Hebrew
11. fols. 23v-24r
Chronological list from the first man until the birth of Jeshu רשימה כרונולוגית מאדם הראשון על לידת ישו Language(s): Hebrew
12. fols. 24r-24v
Birkat ḥatanim ברכת חתנים Language(s): Hebrew
13. fol. 24v
Ṭofse igerot טופסי אגרות Formulas of letter for ransoming prisoners and begging for charity.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 3 (fols. 23-25)
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
History
Origin: [North Africa]; [early 16th century]
MS. Bodley Or. 108/3
Contents
14. fols. 26r-67r
Index to Sefer Eyin Yaʿaḳov מפתחות לספר עין יעקב Contains only the letter aleph.
Language(s): Hebrew
15. fols. 68r-74v
Perush ha-milot ha-zarot me-Bereshit Rabah פרוש המלות הזרות מבראשית רבה Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 49 (fols. 26-74)
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
History
Origin: [North Africa]; [mid-late 16th century]
MS. Bodley Or. 108/4
Contents
16. fols. 75r-84v
, Teshuvot le-sheʾelot ʿal derekh ha-Kabalah תשובות לשאלות על דרך הקבלה Language(s): Hebrew
17. fols. 84v-86r
, Responsa on the Kabbalah שאלות ותשובות בקבלה Colophon: Colophon of Shmuel ben Meir Saragosai (the scribe who copied fols. 84v-86r) on fol. 86r: "... אני הכותב לי לעצמי לגופי ולנשמתי שמואל בן ... מאיר סארגוסי יצ"ו"
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 12 (fols. 75-86)
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
History
Origin: [North Africa]; [mid-late 16th century]
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2233, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 2233, and on the data of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.
Availability
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Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2233.
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. 2233.