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 manuscript comprises a Hebrew and Aramaic dictionary, followed by a glossary that presents further etymological parallels with related Oriental languages. Its method of helping students to identify the root letters of Hebrew words, was first developed by German Orientalist, and Professor of Hebrew, at the University of Leipzig, Elias Hutter (ca. 1553-1609).Contents: A manuscript note by Samuel Rolles Driver (i). Title page (ii). Preface (iii-vii). Dictionary (1r-43v). Glossary (44r-50v).Extent: ff 52. 440 x 280 x 20 mm.Hand: 18th century English hand.Binding: 18th century half-calf over paper boards.Additional information: Rahel Fronda, Jewish Books and their Christian Readers: Christ Church Connections (Oxford: Christ Church, 2017), pp. 92-96.
Binding: "17th century calf over pasteboards; pairs of blind fillets towards outer edges of boards; pairs of blind fillets forming inner rectangle design; blind stamped corner pieces (fleurons) to inner rectangle; sewn on five supports; raised bands and blind tooling on spine; blind roll tooled decoration around board edges; evidence of chaining (staple holes towards edge of lower fore-edge); text block edges sprinkled red; spine labelled '16'."Contents: MER.119.f.17(1): ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Ibrāhīm Zanjānī, Kitāb al-tasrīf taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-Imāmi, (pp. i-120). MER.119.f.17(2): Isaac ben Joseph Karo, Zeh sefer Toldot Yitsḥaḳ : perush ʻal ha-Torah (ff. 1a-99b). MER.119.f.17(3): Midrash ha-neʿelam on Genesis (ff. 1a-58b). Responsa concerning tsitsit and Shabbat (ff. 59a-60a). Zohar on certain parashiyot, mostly from the book of Leviticus (ff. 60b-111b). Colophon (f. 111b). Zohar on parashat Pekude; Heikhalot (ff. 112a-124b).Dimensions: 266 x 200 x 59 mm (size of binding); ca. 260 x 198 mm (size of leaf).Record origin: Description provided by Rahel Fronda.
Binding: Late 18th or early 19th century English vellum; sewn onto four supports; with shelfmark on the spine.Contents: Hebrew words with Latin translations and biblical references.Contents note: Inscribed on pastedown of upper board: ‘Donum Joannis Morris, S.T.P. hujusce Aedis Canonici, & Linguae Hebraeae Prof. Reg.’.Dimensions: 340 x 213 x 107 mm (size of binding); 326 x 201 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).
Binding: Early 17th century sprinkled calf over pasteboards, with blind-tooled double panels; sewn onto four supports; shelfmark on the spine; text block edges stained blue.Contents note: With a Latin introduction by Paul Fagius, a Latin endorsement by Georg Voegelin, a Hebrew poem, and Hebrew prefaces with Latin translation. Many contemporary marginal annotations: extensive manuscript notes on flyleaves in Latin and Hebrew by Thomas Wakefield.Decoration: Woodcut initial words and printer’s device. Simple floral designs.Dimensions: 229mm (height) × 174mm (width) × 50mm (depth).Layout: Hebrew and Latin on opposite pages. With printed marginal notes. Hebrew type resembling square Ashkenazi script.
Binding: 18th century English red morocco with gold-tooled borders and fleurons; sewn onto six supports; gold-tooling on the spine; text block edges sprinkled red.Dimensions: 312 × 204 × 65 mm (size of binding); 302 × 187 mm (size of leaf)Hand: 18th century English hand.Layout: "Text is written in two columnsLayout: from left to right (mostly on verso sides of each leaf); first column is in HebrewLayout: arranged alphabetically and the second column is in LatinLayout: with examples of the same word form in HebrewLayout: AramaicLayout: Greek and Ge'ezLayout: and includes biblical references."Record origin: Description based on Kitchin, Catalogus Codicum MSS. qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1867).
Binding: 18th century English red morocco with gold-tooled borders and fleurons; sewn onto six supports; gold-tooling on the spine; text block edges sprinkled red.Dimensions: 311 × 216 × 36 mm (size of binding); 304 × ca. 187-204 mm (size of leaf).Hand: 18th century English hand.Layout: "Text is written in two columnsLayout: from left to right; first column is in HebrewLayout: arranged alphabetically and the second column is in LatinLayout: with examples of the same word form in HebrewLayout: AramaicLayout: Greek and Ge'ezLayout: and includes biblical references."Record origin: Description based on Kitchin, Catalogus Codicum MSS. qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1867).
Binding: 16th century sprinkled calf over paper boards, with blind-tooling; sewn onto six supports, with raised bands; fragments of early English manuscripts used as binding waste; marbled text block edges; evidence of chaining (staple holes towards edge of lower fore-edge); blind-tooling on spine; spine title in gilt.Contents: The text of the biblical books of Former Prophets, that is the books of Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel and 1-2 Kings, with David Kimhi’s commentary (ff. 1a-156b).Contents note: Some marginal manuscript annotations in Latin, Hebrew and English by Thomas Wakefield.Decoration: With woodcut initial word panels.Dimensions: 324mm (height) x 228mm width x 49mm (depth).Layout: Biblical text in the centre in a larger square script and Kimhi’s commentary in a semi-cursive script surrounding it. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.
