MS. Reggio 6
Oriental Manuscripts Reggio Collection
Contents
Sefer Yesod Olam
Sefer Yesod Olamספר יסוד עולם
Beginning and end wanting; lacunae. The chronological chapter (iv.18 of the edition) is to be found in the MS. at the end of iii. There are marginal notes added headed נ"א.
Neubauer, Adolf, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1886), no. 2045.
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. 2045.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper (watermarks similar to Briquet no.7890, dated 1424)
Extent: ff. 229
Dimensions (leaf): × cm.
Foliation: Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
No signatures. Catchword on almost each verso.
Hand(s)
Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Decoration
Numerous diagrams.
Binding
Brown leather binding.
History
Origin: Southern Italy? or Byzantium?; early-mid-15th century
Provenance and Acquisition
It belonged to Rabbi Isaac Samuel Reggio's (1784-1855) library, which was purchased en bloc by the Bodleian Library in 1853.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, vol. i, by Adolf Neubauer, Oxford 1886 No. 2045 Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I No. 2045 Database of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, National Library of Israel with additional enhancements by the cataloguer.
Availability
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