Binding: Late 18th or early 19th century English vellum with blind-tooled borders; sewn onto three supports; with shelfmark on the spine.Contents: Hebrew words with Latin and Greek translations, and biblical references.Contents note: Inscribed on pastedown of upper board: ‘Anno 1779. Ludovicus Bagot, Aedis Christi Decanus dono dedit librum hunc ab Edvardo Griffith A.B. ex aula Magdaleno, Oxon. conscriptum Edv. Griffith obiit 1753’.Dimensions: 223 x 174 x 28 mm (size of binding); ca. 216-199 x 165 mm (size of leaf)Hand: 18th century hand.Layout: Text written in two columns, from left to right; first column is in Hebrew, arranged alphabetically and the second column is in Latin, with biblical references and translations in Latin and Greek.Record origin: Description based on Kitchin, Catalogus Codicum MSS. qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1867).A compilation of Hebrew words and expressions from the Hebrew Bible, with Greek translation.
The codex contains a collection of esoteric Hebrew texts transcribed by R. Jacob Lagarto on the eve of his departure from Holland for the newly acquired Dutch settlement in Recife, Brazil.For a detailed description, please see www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/digital-library.
Contents note: Fol. 39 missed in the foliation.Dimensions: 100-110 mm wide x 122-126 mm high.Hand: Fols. 1b to 18a: Ashkenazic semi-cursive script. Fols. 19b to 183b: Ashkenazic cursive script, most probably by one hand over a long period.Record origin: "Description based on: NeubauerRecord origin: A.Record origin: Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian LibraryRecord origin: OxfordRecord origin: 1886; Beit-AriéRecord origin: MalachiRecord origin: Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library : supplement of addenda and corrigenda to Vol. 1 (A. Neubauer's catalogue)Record origin: 1994."Collection of Kabbalah and Hekhalot texts
Contents: Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Avot) (ff. 1r-53v). Rashi, Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Avot) (ff. 54r-62v).
Full catalogue record in Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford UniversityContents: Yaacov Molin, Customs (minhagim) (ff. 1r-90r). Mitsṿot nashim (ff. 91r-109r). Meir ben Isaac Sheliʼaḥ Ẓibbur, Aḳdamut milin (ff. 110r-116r). Yiddish translation of the Five Scrolls (ff. 116v-181v). Yiddish translation of piyyutim and seliḥot for Yamim Noraim (ff. 182r-202r). Elijah Levita, ha-Mavdil ben ḳodesh le-ḥol (ff. 203r-207r). Poems (ff. 207v-213v). Riddles (ff. 214r-215r). Yiddish translation of Pirḳe Avot (ff. 216r-241r). Tales (ff. 241v-258r). Poems (ff. 258r-266v). Maʾaśeh ben Sabar (ff. 266v-269r). Yiddish translation of 72 biblical verses (ff. 269v-274r).
Full catalogue record in Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford UniversityContents: Abraham ben Meïr ibn Ezra, Sefer ha-ibur (The Book of Intercalation) (ff. 1v-7v). Isaac ben Salomon Ḥadab, Mapah asṭrologit (ff. 14v-18r). Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allâh ibn al-Ṣaffār, Manual on the Astrolabe (ff. 24v-31v).
Full catalogue record in Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford UniversityContents: Isaac ben Joseph Israeli, Yesod Olam (ff. 1r-194r, 199, 203r-217v). Extracts on astronomy and mathematics (ff. 194v-198v, 200r-202v, 234r-236v). Iṣḥak ben Shlomo Al-Aḥdab, Notes on the calendar (f. 218). Isaac ben Elijah ben Aaron ha-Kohen of Syracuse, Treatise on the calendar (ff. 219v-221v). Astronomical tables for 1384 (ff. 222r-233v).
Full catalogue record in Hebrew and Judaica Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford UniversityContents: Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, Beḥinat ʿolam (The Examination of the World) (ff. 1r-51r). Judah ben Jehiel, Commentary on the Examination of the World by Jedaiah ha-Penini (ff. 52r-98r).
"Contents: Commentary on Maimonides' Ḳidush ha-ḥodesh by Ovadyah ben David ben Ovadyah (ff. 1v-91(ii)r). Talmud commentary by Maimonides (Tractate Rosh ha-Shanah) (ff. 92r-110v)."