I69 b : ma pnsi nso n^on 169M71 a : a poem of general polemic nature not contained in the 1644 ed.; it begins with the words : rvmn •onnVi ra mb xan •onp’Dxb a’tpx na '’Jiax nan? (see Davidson, mem 292). 171 a -172 b : 17 short paragraphs in a smaller hand. They contain other polemic material, preceded by an introduction. M. J. de Goeje, Cat. V (1873) p. 319 (no MMDCCCIX). N. B. The text itself gives a clue to when it was written. Although the title page of the 1644 ed. states « conscriptus anno a Christo nato MCCCXCIX », at the end of the book there appears the following statement (p. 195, MS fol. 169 b ): VV?x n"*ia v'vi tt m mrp V» u-im 'wm 'main nsat® wn xir sronn p msa mm pi ntn abivn p mm snnm ffxa w m nx rwhv imp ia «"a ara p nnxi ana 1 ? a"p ... .nan ablSH (quoted after the MS, slight varr. in the ed.). It thus follows that the book must have been completed after the summer of 1400 (cp. e.g. Steinschn., Cat. Bod., col. 1410).

Hebr. 99 (Or. 2189) Notes on Habakkuk and Obadiah by Taco Roorda (1801-1874). a) Three sewn and four loose quires; 203 numbered pages, 210 X 165. b) Three bifolia, 210 X 165. c) Three bifolia, 220 X 190. d) Three bifolia, 255 X 205. Latin text, often written in one column on right half of page only. a) contains a commentary on Habakkuk which ends on p. 196 and is followed by “Notitia narrationis qus inscribitur Historia Selmanis Persce eiusque conversione ad Islamismum ...” (taken from Or. 885). b) Notes on additions to preceding. c) Notes on Obadiah. d) Syriac text of Habakkuk with variant readings, followed by Latin notes, headed in Syriac : nëbiyuteh dë-Haljaquq. M. Th. Houtsma, Catalogus Codicum Orientalium Bibliotheca Lugduno-Batavee VI, 1 (1877), p. 230 (no. MMDCCCXXXVI). Taco Roorda was from 1828 onwards Professor of Old Testament and Oriental languages in Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden. According to the Cat. VI, 1 these papers were found among his books, bought in 1874, the year of his death.

Hebr. 126 (Or. 3091) Naftali Herz Ulmann (jxaVix prn ••• nna»n maipxn dVin p ’VriDl), various writings. Binding: cardboard. Paper, 21 fols., 240 X 180 (text generally fills whole page).