Oxford Bodleian Library Bodley Or. 135

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Heb17
Location Oxford, Bodleian Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Or. 135 (Neubauer Ca. 1466)
Page/Folio range 292r-300r
Standardised title of narrative משלי סנדבר (Mishle Sendebar)
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) Mishle Sendebar
Language Group within Version Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Hebrew Group B
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Ox. I
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Epstein (1967)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Campagne, France
Date of Manuscript Production 1215 - 1275
Source of date Manuscript Production Bodleian catalogue: https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_58
Material Parchment
Language of Manuscript Hebrew
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse Prose
Other texts in the Manuscript
1. ff. 1r-6r: Avraham ha-Bavliאברהם הבבלי, Sefer ha-Shorashim ספר השרשים
2. ff. 6r-10v: List of homonyms found in the Moses ibn Ezra's Sefer ha-ʿAnaḳ רשימות המלים בעלות יותר ממשמעות אחת שבסופי השורות בס’ הענק למשה אבן עזרא
3. ff. 11r-230(ii)v: Parḥon, Salomon ben Abraham ibn, active 12th centuryפרחון, שלמה בן אברהם, Maḥberet ha-ʿArukh מחברת הערוך
4. ff. 232r-237v: List of homonyms found in Moses ibn Ezra's Sefer ha-Tarshish רשימת המלים בעלי יותר ממשמעות אחת שבס’ התרשיש למשה אבן עזרא 5. ff. 237v-255r: Alphabet of Ben Sira אלפא ביתא דבן סירא Language(s): Hebrew and Aramaic
6. ff. 256r-290r: Berechiah ben Natronai, ha-Nakdan, active 12th century-13th centuryברכיה בן נטרונאי הנקדן, Mishle shuʻalim משלי שועלים 7. ff. 290v-291v: Aggadic legends מעשיות
8. ff. 291v-300r: Mishle Sendebar משלי סנדבר

9. ff. 300r-339v: Aggadic legends מעשיות

10. ff. 340r-346v: Divre ha-yamim le-Mosheh Rabenu דברי הימים למשה רבינו
11. ff. 346v-352r: Midrash Aśeret ha-Dibrot (Midrash on the Ten Commandments) מדרש עשרת הדברות

12. ff. 352r-356r: Midrash ṿa-Yoshaʿ מדרש ויושע 13. ff. 356r-358v: Igerot shel Dibrot אגרות של דברות 14. ff. 358v-361r: Otot aśar milḥamot melekh ha-Mesiaḥ אותות עשר מלחמות מלך המשיח

15. ff. 361r-363v: Menaḥem ben Perets ha-Ḥebroniמנחם בן פרץ החברוני, Masaʿ be-erets Yiśaʾel מסע בארץ ישראל
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 363
Height 228.5
Width 152.5
Illustrations No
Digitisation https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/5ff98145-16ff-4f1f-ac19-d9ce39145f76/
Modern Editions Epstein, Tales of Sendebar (1967)
Catalogue https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_58Neubauer, Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (1886)Renan (1887)Beit-Arié and May, Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Supplement of Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol. I (1994)https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000937830205171/NLI
Modern Research Literature Epstein (1967)
General Notes (Internal)

Note

Epstein notes that the text's French origin is supported by a Hebrew-French glossary with interlinear transcript (p. 356).

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Leo1
Avis2
Lavator3
Turtures4
Catula5
Striga and Fons6
Canis7
Pallium8
Simia9
Panes10
Zuchara11
Aper12
Balneator13
Gladius14
Absalom Rebellus15
Absalom Mortuus16
Iuvenis Femina18
Jusjurandum19
Fur et Luna20
Ingenia21
Vulpes22