5) : Joel, Hebrew text. 6) : Various notes in Latin, with some Greek text; exegetical notes.

Hebr. 225 -1 (Or. 6833) Prayerbook, Sefardi rite (« D’nso mm» »), probably a copy of a printed edition. Yemen (Dhamar) 1640-’41, written by Judah ben Sa c adya. Binding removed (see Hebr. 225 - II). Paper, 208 fols., 206 X 156 (166 X 120). Catchwords from page to page. Yemenite mashait script, partly vocalised by later hands. On fols. 2 - 95 b sublinear vocalisation, 96‘ - 108» superlinear vocalisation with the exception of fol. 105 a . The remainder shows occasional instances of sub- as well as superlinear vocali sation. Fols. 46 and 82-83 by another early hand. Rather untidy and much used copy; many loose leaves. Fol. l b : title page with borders : 'V'bb mrrVo TT01 B’XTB anam miBO Tltna ■matxb *nmb *px pxa? pixa amina : nmcan nn narn ma mbnn ttoi nmatwt mnb “»w? ns?a*ix 'a nr ODnbnnn nrrm nxa 1 ? nnaa nt nma anas •••: ••• *iaa nia? iranVi •(1640 =)xspnnx ninth® p’o At the bottom of the page, partly erased : ••• p n*TW ’IS* On fol. 207 b within borders the colophon : n"a 'n nr *T"X mna llTfian nt nba?n nn ••• ntnan nt mana nnsto p min’ ax (i64i =) a"ipnnx ni&biz? The colophon is followed by notes about the prostration after the Amida. NB. : In both titlepage and colophon the name Yehuda is written as n*TTP with two inverted daletsi In the colophon the names Yehuda and Sa c adya have the abbrevia tion p"B? written above them. On fol. 207 a there is another colophon : nbtrn nann mxnai nbis? xna b"B? nbsni nn bbnaa s p nan "B nat nbxi: nmnb am tax: naxban 'nr vni ptni pntr *i"*imna mat *wx a"r n"*i bs? ntbn ntnan naib ■"’b pnir msm s *ibï? nax pan *iDon nnitnan ba bs? *txa pan nirra insira nxb ran ns? nomn mx nostn nan ntna ppin nnan arb 'n nix ’a *iaini riD nn s pixn bs? mx '’nbx 'n xna nra rn *w?x ariDan bxnr n bmn pixn ptn p p"’ ’mstn stasrbx 7 n'n nriax rr a naxbaa nanstn mx ba pb: pnr nnnaa xb a?bia?an ainn ns? naa?n n’aini axn nan pn na nD’ x^x* ba nbtwn : pmi pnx’: pxnb 'n asbi: rxbn ntx nsiaxm rsna ntx p*tx rrm ia tnx 1 nrna nx *)xi apsr* mna nx ’man ntnn “rxa 'n 'n nr nrn: narxi nana ma naxban •px : natx pnxm natx nnnax wia nx *]xi pnx' This is undoubtedly the colophon of a printed book (see probably Steinschn., Cat. Bod., nr. 2405, not in Cowley) and its occurrence leads to the conclusion that our MS was copied from a printed edition. This can only be proved by comparison with the original which was not at my disposal.