Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Bodley Or. 88

Oriental Manuscripts Bodley Oriental

Contents

Jewish-Christian polemical treatise

ff. 3r-51v
Jewish-Christian polemical treatise וכוח יהודי-נוצרי

Table of contents on fols. 53r-53v.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ff. 58
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals. Fols. 52 and 54-58 are blank.

Layout

Text in one column. Unfinished architectural title page on fol. 2r.

Hand(s)

Sephardi semi-cusive script. Copied in the same style of writing as MS. Bodl. Or. 87, but probably by a different hand.

Decoration

Architectural title page.

Binding

Dark brown leather binding.

History

Origin: [Europe]; [17th century]

Provenance and Acquisition

Apparently acquired about 1680 (see Summary Catalogue).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 2175, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I, No. 2175, 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.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Microfilm

MSS R.R. Film No. F 20458

Bibliography

    Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2175.
    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. 2175.

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