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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1460-1470
    Language
    heb
    • Gio An.to Costanzi
    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 23
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Referred to as Aaron the Elder in some manuscripts, the author was deeply influenced by Maimonides' Guide
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The text is set between alternating straight and spiral marble columns.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 58
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, eng
    • Binding: Quarter binding with brown fake leather on spine and corners,
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, friedberg MSS 5-006
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    12--?
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Note: Manuscript on paper; written in two columns, 25-29 lines to a column
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B251
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th/15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel (attributed to)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • kabbalist Abraham Abulafia (1240- after 1291) advocated a concept of Kabbalah that had little or nothing to
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V1895
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1612-1630
    Language
    Ancient Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, German
    • the pharmacist Emmanuel Ryhiner (1592-1635) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, friedberg MSS 3-015
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    11--?
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Note: Manuscript on vellum; the parchment is prepared so that hair and flesh
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 38
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • Binding: Green modern fake leather binding, with gold-tooled lettering
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, friedberg MSS 3-002
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    9--?
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Note: Ascribed to Yehudai ben Naḥman, 8th cent.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1433
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • Piza, David, Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation (Bevis Marks)
    • strong>: The manuscript contains the liturgy (Seder ha-Avodah) to
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B124
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [end of the 14th/first half of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript by Jacob ben Asher (son of the rabbi and codifier Asher ben Jehiel) contains one of the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • publisher in June 1892 (Library Invoices 97/1), and given by her to The John Rylands Library before
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Reggio 25
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Neḥunya ben ha-Kanah (attributed to)
    • Abraham ben David, of Posquières (attributed to)
    • Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel (attributed to)
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B125
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [around 1470]
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Hippocrates in the Hebrew translation of Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (ca. 1220 – ca. 1295); in contrast to
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • reminiscent of Roman Triumphal arches constructed for royal festivities throughout Europe from the fifteenth to
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 24
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • later bequeathed to the The John Rylands Library.
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 57
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, heb, ang, grc, fro
    • c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to be the sole
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 170
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, crh
    • Some rudimentary floral ornaments within the frame. The colours have been partly washed out.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B67
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [around 1720]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This codex contains prayers, blessings and poems for a wedding ceremony, following the custom of the