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).
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.
