Catchwords from page to page. II: p. 413-461 : The Gospel of Matthew, translated by Shem Tob Shaprut. p. 462-463 : A list of books or private catalogue in a hand that differs from the rest of the MS. This part of the MS is not adequately described by Steinschn. For references to it see pp. 116, 117, 118 of his Catalogus. Perhaps these pages originally formed a sepa rate MS. The quality of the paper differs, the text is written with a diff. pen, perhaps by a diff. hand. The MS contains a Hebrew translation of the Gospel of Matthew and is introduced as the 12th Section of the work Even Bochan, but it is not the 12th section of the preceding text of Even Bochan. The text is divided into 114 paragraphs, interrupted by pieces beginning : pvwan -|BX The text begins thus : mrn a’btrnb ’ron enDx» p n"ai prur Y'a aio qv *ianan 'as •spVnrata a" , n *iswn u 1 ? omoR mm onaona anvn ns sn^baiiNn nao pvisnb pa pK rnmp ~\m nr ••• xnpb aipa baa 'ïna' Kb ax n'^bariKn nao p’nip bab nbisn ’na proa bab sratra ’an ®*wn sin nrx Glanra aaoa b’nnxi *nin DYianat 'yiyto nrx ’aa Wnana -wx nwnn ••• pns’ ax Ybm nmax Dmas p ivt p w nnbin nbtt -prsa pia -ana® The MS ends: ••• pviaan nax •nbia *ts nanx ms nwt onain ba n w pb amx nabi ••• •pie v, b’inx rinx xa’ (fla’O’a ’"b’inx abin nrai For this translation see : J. B. De-Rossi, Bibliotheca Judaica antichristiana (Parma 1800) p. 104. A. Herbst, Des Schemtob ben Schaphrut hebr. übersetzungdes Evangeliums Matthcei... (Gottingen 1879) esp. p. 10. A. Marx, Studies... in mem. A. S. Freidus (New York 1929) p. 265-273. Pinchas E. Lapide, “Der “Priifstein” aus Spanien”, Sefarad 34 (1974) 227-272.

Warn. 29 (Or. 4767). 1 + 320+ 1 fols., 210 X 143 (160 X 109), 33 lines. Catchwords on the first three and on the last leaves of the quires : V(9) 39IV(321). Bound with the MS is the printed book •nbn mia», Constantinople ca. 1515-1520 (si 'oa -xDttnpa naan oiatn -nsr-x) Warn. 30 (Or. 4768). 4(?) + 314 fols., 203 X 140 (140 X 110, varies), 24 lines. From fol. 189 onwards the paper is of quite a different quality. Fols. 190 b -203 a are numbered in western Arabic numerals : 1-26 by L. Warner (?). Fols. 13-27, 147-183, 266-314 are waterstained in varying degrees. Warn. 31 (Or. 4769). 220 X 135 (164 X 95), 27 lines, (fol. 1 : 192 X 140 (155 X 95)). Quires indicated by encircled or embellished catchwords :1 3V(31) IV(39) V-2(47) V-l(56) 11V(166) V+1(177) 10VI(297) VI-1(308) 3 V(321) IV+1(329) 1. After fol. 47 some leaves are missing (disagreement of catchword, see Steinschn.) and on fols. 96 and 166 the quire signature does not appear.