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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
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    • the pharmacist Emmanuel Ryhiner (1592-1635) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • Aaron Wolf Herlingen wrote and illustrated the title page, Meschullam Simmel ben Moses from Polná created
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3284
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Parts 1, 8 and 9: German regions, 16th century - Parts 2 and 6: German regions, 16th century, 1519? - Parts 3 and 4: German regions, 15th century - Parts 5 and 7: German regions, 15th/16th century
    Language
    German, Latin, Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • . - Also contains notes and added recipes in various (later) hands.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    17th century, around 1641
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • of thirty round text medallions, surrounded by multicolored engraved decorations with floral, animal and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B351
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1741
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch
    • Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch
    • In addition to the title page with an architectural frame and the figures of Moses and Aaron, there are
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 454
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1375–1400
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Contains also fragments from Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda's Al-Hidāja ʼilā farāʼid al-qulūb (The
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • CODEX VETUSTISSIMUS SUPRA MEMBRANIS" and gilded and decorated top, bottom and fore edges.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1433
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Piza, David, Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation (Bevis Marks)
    • Headings on each page and last word decorated by dots in diamond shape in ink.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B62
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1728
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • Belinfante copied this decorated psalter from the 1670 printed edition by the Amsterdam printer of Hebrew and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B115
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th–15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Isaac of Corbeil († 1280) is the author of this halakhic Small Book of Commandments also known as Sefer
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley Or. 803
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1275–1325
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Second part of a three-volume Bible; see also MS. Bodley Or. 802 and MS. Bodley Or. 804.
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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
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley Or. 602
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Includes also Seliḥot for the eve of Rosh Hashanah and parts of the liturgy for Sukot.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 347
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Volume 1 of 2; see also MS. Pococke 348. Contains Pentateuch and Former Prophets.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 32
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Binding: Quarter binding with brown leather on spine and marbled paper
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B222
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1723
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • psalms in this manuscript are subdivided according to the days of the week on which they are to be read and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Many so-called Sifre evoronot ("Books of calculation") emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, mid-13th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This medium format bible from northern France arrived at the Bibliothèque de Genève between 1667 and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. fol. 63a
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1531–1532
    Language
    Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew
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    • Volume 1 of a 3-volume set; see also MS. Oppenheim Add. fol. 63b and MS. Oppenheim Add. fol. 63c.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. fol. 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Also contains various commentaries on Midrash Rabbah and a midrash.