❧ Description
Composite collection combining the Sefer Yetsirah — “The Book of Formation,” foundational text of Jewish mysticism — sermons by Naḥmanides (1194-1270), and a work by Maimonides (1138-1204). The manuscript was copied by Yehoshuaʿ Heshel Shor, a copyist identified in the Neubauer notice.
Provenance: 1 Copy by Yehoshuaʿ Heshel Shor 2 Isaac Samuel Reggio Library (1784-1855) 3 Bodleian Library, since 1853
Codicological notice — origin Italy; copyist: Yehoshuaʿ Heshel Shor; script: Italian; old catalogues: Neubauer Catalogue 1886 · 2250; editorial status: to be confirmed.
— Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM / Collectif GMPL), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/bodleian-ms-reggio-51; manuscript held at the Bodleian Library (Oxford).
