Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

MS. Heb. d. 29

Physical Description

Ff. 48.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/1

Contents

Genesis, Exodus

With vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 1) Genesis xlix. 5 (מכרתיהם) to Exodus i. 7 (ובני)

b.

(fol. 2) Exodus v. 10 (תבן) to vii. 16 (אלהי)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 2 coll., 4to, vellum, stained.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/2

Contents

Fol. 3
Leviticus xxv. 7 (תהיה) to 50 (המכרו)

with vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Syr. squ. char.; 2 coll., fol. oblong, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/3

Contents

Deuteronomy

With vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 4) Deuteronomy vi. 17 (יהוה) to vii. 18 (עשה)

b.

(fol. 5) Deuteronomy xi. 24 (תדרך) to xiii. 7 (בתך)

c.

(fol. 7) Deuteronomy xxi. 23 (קבר) to xxii. 29 (תהיה)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 2 coll., fol., vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/4

Contents

Deuteronomy

With vowel points, accents, and קרי.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 8) Deuteronomy xiii. 16 (בהמתה) to xiv. 24 (אלהיך)

b.

(fol. 9) Deuteronomy xviii. 14 to xxvi. 9 (ארץ)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 2 coll., 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/5

Contents

Fol. 17
Joshua xiv. 3 (המטה) to xxi. 31 (רחב ואת)

with vowel points, accents, the lesser Masorah, and some of the great Masorah.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Kar. (?) squ. char.; 3 coll., fol., vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/6

Contents

Fol. 21
Judges iii. 17 (ועגלון) to iv. 6 (first נפתלי)

On verso and fol. 22 in large characters, Exodus xiii. 10 (ימימה) to 16 (יד), 2 coll.

Verso; scribbling of passages of Genesis and Psalm i;

all without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/7

Contents

Fol. 23
1 Sam. ii. 22 (את) to iv. 8 (האלה)

without vowel points.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/8

Contents

Fol. 25
2 Sam. xxi. 15 (first דוד) to xxii. 44

with vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 4to, vellum.
Part of the same manuscript as MS. Heb. d. 79, fols. 12-17.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/9

Contents

Fol. 27
Isaiah lxvi. 23 (מדי) to Jeremiah viii. 11 (לאמר)

with vowel points, accents, and קרי.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 2 coll., 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/10

Contents

Ezekiel

With vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew
a.

(fol. 35) Ezekiel xxxi. 7 (בארך דליותיו) to xxxiii. 2 (כי)

b.

(fol. 37) Ezekiel xxxiv. 13 (ורעיתים) to xxxvi. 15 (וגויך)

Physical Description

Span. squ. char.; 2 coll., 4to, vellum.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/11

Contents

Fol. 39
A table of alphabets for schools (?).
Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Very much obliterated.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/12

Contents

Fol. 40
Psalms iv. 4 to xxxiv

with vowel points and accents.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Span. squ. char. ; 4to, paper, much injured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

MS. Heb. d. 29/13

Contents

Fol. 47
Psalms xvii to xx. 6

with vowel points, accents, and lesser Masorah.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Kar. (?) squ. char.; 4to, vellum, written in hemistichs.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought through the Rev. G. J. Chester, 1890 (from the Genizah).

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. ii, by Adolf Neubauer and Arthur Ernest Cowley, Oxford 1906, No. 2612.

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