The codex contains ten Kabbalistic and four Maimonidean texts, written in more than ten different Sefardi scripts. These are interspersed, in turn, with a diversity of annotations and entries, some most probably the work of a Christian Kabbalist, all illustrated and decorated with arcane orange-coloured scrawls, doodles and markings.
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).
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."
Contents: Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi, Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Avot) (ff. 1r-53v). Rashi, Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractate Avot) (ff. 54r-62v).