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.
Provenance: Benjamin Blayney (1727/8-1801), Regius Professor of
Hebrew and Vice-Principal of Hertford College.
