BPG 49 a (Dept, of Western MSS) Bible, Psalms : Psalterium Quadruplex. Hebrew, Latin (Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos), Greek (Septuaginta), Latin (Psalterium Gallicanum). 12th cent. Vellum, 297 fols., 233 x 165 (180 x 120, varies), 26 lines, 2 cols. Hebrew text: first column of each verso leaf; vocalised in an unusual and rather confusing way; no accentuation, no masora. Square characters of a puzzling type (alef has some “ashkenazi” features). Spanish provenance is postulated but the Hebrew script does not concur. Ps. 1,6 - 2,8 a missing. For a complete description of the MS see Bibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis, Codices Manuscripti VIII. Codices Bibliothecce Publicte Greed descripsit K. A. de Meyier, adjuvante E. Hulshoff Pol (1965), pp. 70-71. De Boer. no. 7.

BPL 246 (Dept, of Western MSS) Letter from Isaac ha-Kohen bXYl (Wohl?) of Amsterdam to professor J. Braun of Groningen. One paper leaf, folded as a letter, 273 X 210, 25 lines. Ashkenasi cursive script. Address in Dutch (An Mijnheer ... professoor Broijn tot Groonihen). Wax seal. Dated 1682/5442. The sender requests Braun’s cooperation in obtaining permission to live in the city of Groningen. Johannes Braun (1628-1708) was Professor of Theology and Hebrew Antiquities at the University of Groningen from 1681 onwards. Published by J. Denneboom in niriN 12 (1906).

BPL 885 (Dept, of Western MSS). Letter from Asher bar Sha’ul Yisra’el of Prague to Joseph Scaliger, Leiden (« iwpVkw *]or » « orre nnaa line t»8 rrnbr bmBr Vine? *ia ») One paper leaf, 240 x 187, 30 lines. Ashkenasi cursive script, 16th cent. On recto the letter, on verso the address in square script: «jov ••••*? jnv sn XSïTïB XT'? no Yrr isrbxDtp. The sender, at that time a teacher in Amsterdam, requests Scaliger’s help in obtaining permission to study at Leiden.