Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

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
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Tsurat ha-otiyot צורת האותיות
Language(s): Hebrew
2. fols. 4v-7v
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Commentary on Jesaiah 52-53 פרוש הנה ישכיל עבדי
Language(s): Hebrew
3. fols. 7v-9r
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, 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
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Commentary on the Talmud (Ḳidushin 28) פרוש התלמוד לדנן (קדושין כח)
Language(s): Hebrew
5. fol. 9v
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Grammatical notes on the word meyaledet in Ex.1:15
Language(s): Hebrew
6. fols. 10r-12v
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Commentary on the Mishnah (Kelim 3:1) פרוש המשנה לדנן (כלאים ג:א)
Language(s): Hebrew
7. fols. 12v-14r
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Ḥibur ʿal ha-lulav חבור על הלולב
Language(s): Hebrew
8. fols. 14r-18v
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, Seder ha-dorot סדר הדורות

Chronological work.

Language(s): Hebrew
9. fols. 19r-21v
Ibn Danán, Saadia, active 15th centuryדנן, סעדיה בן מימון אבן, 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
Hai, ben Sherira, 939-1038 (attributed to him)האי בן שרירא גאון (מיוחס לו), 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
Joseph of Castileקשטיל, יוסף, Teshuvot le-sheʾelot ʿal derekh ha-Kabalah תשובות לשאלות על דרך הקבלה
Language(s): Hebrew
17. fols. 84v-86r
Hai, ben Sherira, 939-1038 (attributed to him)האי בן שרירא גאון (מיוחס לו), 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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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 20516

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.

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