It is possible that these were Warner’s own press-marks. The stamp is only recogni sable in 7 cases and there would, in fact, seem to have been 2 different stamps, one bearing a coat of arms, the other (only found in Warn. 51 and 61) a globe bearing a cross between two palm-branches 4S . Most of the “Van Hell MSS” and a few of the others, have a number in a hand resembling Warner’s (none has a Roman numeral) but it is not likely that these were Warner’s press-marks since Van Hell would have been able to use them for his inven tory instead of his own name. In short, a study of all these numbers leads to few concrete conclusions but may be useful in any future inventory of Warner’s collection as a whole. Ill Codices Post-Warneriani Although it would be an exaggeration to say that apart from the renowned Scaliger and Warner collections there are no other Hebrew manuscripts of interest in the Leiden Library, it is fair to say that the formation of the remainder of the collection lacked the master touch. In the interval between the receipt of Warner’s legacy and the drafting of Steinschnei- der s catalogue the Library acquired the Post-Warneriani, perhaps the most interest ing of the remaining Hebrew manuscripts. These are the numbers 80-94 and include many well known texts, for example, a commentary on the Pentateuch by Rashi (80, bought in Golius’ day), a text of the Pentateuch (81, from the collection of J. J. Schultens which the Library acquired in 1781), the Psalms (82), two small books bound in pigskin (the binding is dated and is contemporary with the written text!). Other manuscripts are more important for their contents, for example an Averroes translation (85), a copy of the Minhagim of Jacob Levi ben Moses (Maharil) which contains passages not found elsewhere. As well as works from the estates of Christian scholars such as Schroeder and Hamaker (92, 91) there is what may be assumed to be almost the complete unpublished oeuvre of a Jewish haskala philosopher Naftali Herz Uiman (86-89) 44 . In 1854, whilst still working on the catalogue, Steinschneider suggested that the Library purchase two manuscripts from the Moroccan, Moses Hecht (cf. Prcefatio P‘ XVI). These manuscripts were the last items to be included in the catalogue (93 and 94). One is a manuscript containing a number of cabbalistic texts, the other is a substantial volume containing the liturgy of the Jews in Fez. The liturgical poetry in this latter manuscript has not yet been thoroughly studied. 43. The combination of this stamp with an Arabic numeral is also to be found in the Portuguese Talmud incunabulum (859 A 17), see Levinus Warner and his legacy, p. 66. The other stamp can clearly be identified in the Arabic MS Or. 998 and in the Hebrew book 876 B 29. See plates. 44. There is a short exegetical work by Uiman in the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana US Ros 590. The Leiden Library also possesses Ulman’s only (7) published work (876 C 3) which, judging by the binding, was probably acquired at the same time as the MSS; see also below n. 46. Another work by Uiman, entitled Sod Ha-Mashiah, is in the Etz Haim Library, HS 47 D 32 u .