Oxford Bodleian Library Bodley Or. 135
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Heb17
Location
Siglum / Shelfmark
Or. 135 (Neubauer Ca. 1466)
Page / Folio range
292r-300r
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Source for textual relationship
Languages
Language of text
Digitisation & Editions
Modern Editions
Note
Epstein notes that the text's French origin is supported by a Hebrew-French glossary with interlinear transcript (p. 356). Epstein also suggests that the text may have been composed as early as 1150; the Bodleian catalogue, on the other hand, suggests mid-13th-century instead.
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1215 - 1275
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
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
Catalogues & Research Literature
Catalogue
https://hebrew.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_58, Neubauer, 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
Embedded Stories in This Manuscript
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo | 1 | ||
| Avis – The Bird | 2 | ||
| Lavator | 3 | ||
| Turtures | 4 | ||
| Canicula – The Weeping Dog | 5 | ||
| Striga and Fons – The Witch and the Fountain | 6 | ||
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 7 | ||
| Pallium | 8 | ||
| Simia | 9 | ||
| Panes | 10 | ||
| Zuchara | 11 | ||
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 12 | ||
| Balneator | 13 | ||
| Gladius – The Drawn Sword | 14 | ||
| Absalom Rebellus | 15 | ||
| Absalom Mortuus | 16 | ||
| Iuvenis Femina | 18 | ||
| Jusjurandum | 19 | ||
| Fur et Luna | 20 | ||
| Ingenia 1 – The Trick: The Wiles of Women Collection | 21 |
Research Material
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