---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Slive, Daniel <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:40 AM Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] FW: Hebrew Books stolen from Lincoln College Library, Oxford To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Colleagues, Please see below for information received from CERL regarding Hebrew books stolen from Lincoln College Library, Oxford. Daniel J. Slive Head of Special Collections Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology P. O. Box 750476 Dallas, TX 75275-0476 Telephone: 214-768-1696 Fax: 214-768-4295 E-mail: [email protected] *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Cristina Dondi *Sent:* Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:49 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [CERL Information] Hebrew Books stolen from Lincoln College Library, Oxford HEBREW BOOKS STOLEN FROM LINCOLN COLLEGE LIBRARY, OXFORD As part of the College's commitment to re-catalogue to a high standard and to photograph the Library's collection of rare books, we are aware of the theft of 23 Hebrew books which occurred and which was investigated by the authorities in 1990. This list has been compiled by Rahel Fronda, Hebrew Antiquarian Cataloguer, in September 2014 and corrected by Fiona Piddock, Librarian, in June 2015. It has been circulated to Interpol and the Art Loss Register. The College wishes to disseminate this information widely and bring it to the attention of colleagues from other institutions and to scholars more generally. Any information concerning these items would be gratefully received. Please contact the Rector, Prof. Henry Woudhuysen, on [email protected]. 1. R. ELIJAH MIZRACHI. Sēfer Ham-mispār. (the book of Arithmetic). *Constantinople, 1534* L.11.47 Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 183, ca. 1532, Opp. 4o 634(2) Not on Aleph 2. LITURGY, Jewish. Mahzōr. THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES - order of prayer, following the Mahzor of Rome. Composed by R. Moses Maimonides. *Paris, 1569* L.11.45.c. Missing 15/02/1990, (removed from binding) Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 481, Byw. Q.2.22 Aleph system no. 014411944 3. ZOHAR. Zōhar Hàdásh. (New Zohar). *Cracow, 1637* L.11.44.a. Missing 15/02/1990 Notes: not in the Bodleian Library? Not on Aleph Perhaps it is ?Cracow, 1603 edition at the Bodleian. Opp. 4° 774(1,2) 4. MIDRASH. Midrash on Songs of Songs and Lamentations from the Zōhar, revised by R. Moses Mordechai ben Samuel Margoliuth. *Cracow, 1683* L.11.44.b. Missing 15/02/1990 Notes: not in the Bodleian Library Not on Aleph An unknown edition; perhaps some of the information is inaccurate 5. JEHUDAH CALAZ. Sēfer Ham-mūsār. (Book of Ethics). *Constantinople, 1537* L.11.39.a Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 362, 1536, Opp. 4o 957 Not on Aleph 6. R. SOLOMON B. GABIROL. (ascribed to him). Sēfer Mibhar Hap-penīnīm. *Venice, 1546* L.11.39.b Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 650, 1546, Opp. 4o 880 Not on Aleph 7. JEDAJA HAPPENINI. (En Bonet Abraham). Behīnath, Hā'Ōlām. (Examination of the world treatise on ethics). *Venice, 1546* L.11.39.c Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 311, 1546, Opp. 4o 880(2) Not on Aleph 8. KALONYMOS ben KALONYMOS. Eben Bōhan. (the touchstone and satire on the author's times). *Venice, 1546* L.11.39.d Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 311, 1546, Opp. 4o 880(3) Not on Aleph 9. R. ISAAC ABARBANEL. Sēfer Zebah Pesah. (book of the Passover Sacrifice). *Venice, 1545* L.11.39.e Missing 15/02/1990 Notes: not in the Bodleian Library? Not on Aleph Perhaps it is ?Venice, 1545 edition, by Marco Antonio Giustiniano 67 folios, 22 cm. 10. R. JOSEPH SOLOMON DELMEDIGO. Sēfer Ēlīm (the book of Ēlīm - on KebBâlen, etc.). (With fine portrait of Joseph del Medico). *Amsterdam, 1629* L.11.36.a. Missing 11/07/2014 RF Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 344, Opp. 4o 839(3); Opp. Add. 4o IV.517(3) Aleph system no. 015758530 11. R. JOSEPH SOLOMON DELMEDIGO. Sēfer Ma'yan Gannīm. (book of the well of Gardens miscellaneous). *Amsterdam, 1629* L.11.36.b. Missing 11/07/2014 RF Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 344, Opp. 4o 839(1); Opp. Add.4o IV.517(1) Aleph system no. 015758530 12. R. JOSEPH SOLOMON DELMEDIGO. Sēfer Ma 'yān Hāthūm. (book of the sealed well). *Amsterdam, 1629* L.11.36.c. Missing 11/07/2014 RF Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 344, Opp. 4o 839(2); Opp. Add.4o IV.517(2) Aleph system no. 015758530 13. LITURGY. Jewish. Haggadah. Sēder Haggādāh shel Pessah, Liber Rituum Paschalium... transl. a Joanne Stephana Rittangelio. *Regiomonti, 1644* L.11.31.d. Missing 15/02/1990 (Removed from binding) Bodleian notes: Opp. adds. 4° IV. 538 Aleph system no. 14674653 14. R. MOSES ALSHEICH. Sēfer 'Ēnē Mōsheh. (book of the eyes of Moses, comm. in Lib. Ruth). *Venice, 1606* L.11.13.a. Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 461, Opp. 4o100 Not on Aleph 15. R. MOSES ALSHEICH. Sēfer Debarim Nihumim. (book of the Comfortable words (1.13) Commentary on Lamentations). *Venice, 1595* L.11.13.b. Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 461, Opp. 4o 100 Not on Aleph 16. R. MOSES ALSHEICH. Sēfer Debārīm Tobīm. (book of good words). *Venice, 1596* L.11.13.c. Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 461, Opp. 4o 100 Not on Aleph 17. R. MOSES ALSHEICH. Sēfer Rōb Penīnīm. (book of the abundance of pearls Commentary on Proverbs). *Venice, 1596* L.11.13.d. Missing 15/02/1990 Notes: not in the Bodleian Library? Not on Aleph Perhaps it is ?Venice, 1601 edition, in 4o: Cowley, p. 462, Opp. 4o 145(1) 18. TROSTIUS, Martinus. Grammatica Ebraea Generalis. *Copenhagen, 1627* L.11.4.a. Missing 15/02/1990 Not on Aleph An unknown edition; perhaps some of the information is inaccurate 19. ISAAC (ben Abraham) UZZIEL. Sēfer Ma 'anēn Lāshōn. (book of the answers of the tongue. Hebrew Grammar). *Amsterdam, 1627* L.11.4.b. Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 276, Opp. 8o 570, Opp. 8o 239(2) Not on Aleph 20. R. JÓSÉ ben HALAFTA. (ascribed to him). Sēder 'Ōlām Rabbā, Hoc est Chronologia Habraeorum Maior cui Accessit ... Gil. Génébrard ... Versio Latina. *Basel, 1580* L.11.4.c. Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 325, Opp. 8o 87(1) Aleph system no. 19747093 [We are aware that Lincoln College Library owns a second copy of this book at shelfmark L.11.51.a]. 21. SĒDER 'ŌLĀM ZŪTĀ. (Great order of the world). with Latin translation by Gil. Génébrard. *Basel, 1580* L.11.4.d Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 325, Opp. 8o 88 Not on Aleph 22. OLD TESTAMENT. Hebrew. Psalter. Sēfer Tehillīm ... containing an epilogue by Antonius Margolis, the beginning of St. Matthew in Hebrew, and one sheet of a Latin Manuscript. *Leipzig, 1533* L. 9. 39 Missing 15/02/1990 Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 78, Opp. 12o 89(4), Opp. 12o 90 Not on Aleph 23. LITURGY. Jewish. Mahzōr mik-kol Hash-shānāh, 'German' rite. *Basel(?), 1599?* L. 9. 23 Missing 22/04/2014 RF Bodleian notes: Cowley, p. 534, Basel, 1599, Opp. 8o 937 Not on Aleph Dr Cristina Dondi Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, University of Oxford Secretary of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/dondi http://www.cerl.org/web/ http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/research/15cBooktrade/ -- Tel: +44 (0)7711 648 118
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