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Add MS 27078
Title:
Collection of kabbalistic treatises and personal correspondence
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
308 folios
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Start Date:
1572
End Date:
1575
Date Range:
1572-1575
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CE
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Names:
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-1292
Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-1292
Bertinoro, Obadiah, c 1450-1516
Bertinoro, Obadiah, c 1450-1516
Boniforte Asinari
Eliyyah Ḥayim ben Binyamin, of Genazzano, 15th century-16th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000402193125,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/297659287
Eliyyah Ḥayim ben Binyamin, of Genazzano, 15th century-16th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000402193125,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/297659287
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, b 1248,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435018569,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51777166,
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, b 1248,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435018569,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51777166,
Giuseppe Almanzi
Isaac ben Jacob, ha-Kohen, fl 13th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000005259223X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19360361
Isaac ben Jacob, ha-Kohen, fl 13th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000005259223X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19360361
Joseph, 1250-1349
Joseph, de Hamadan, active 13th century-14th century (?)
Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, c 1530-1593
Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, c 1530-1593
Nathan ben Avigdor
Rav Ḥamai gaon, 939-1038
Rav Ḥamai gaon, 939-1038
Tsarfati, Reuven
ibn Paḳuda, Baḥya ben Joseph, fl 1000-1099
ibn Paḳuda, Baḥya ben Joseph, fl 1000-1099
נתן בן אביגדור
צרפתי, ראובן
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27078

Collection of kabbalistic treatises and personal correspondence

Contents

A collection of kabbalistic treatises and personal correspondence.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-141r
Title: ῾Avodat ha-ḳodesh
Title: עבודת הקדש
Colophon: נכתב ונחתם על ידי[...] אברהם יצ"ו בכ"מ משלם זלה"ה מאנאנילו פה פירארה מיום ז' יוניו של"א עד ו' לוליו של"א במהירות רב כי רציתי לקיים נדר לבעליו אשר השאילהו אלי[...] בזמן חדש ימי'. f. 141r
ff. 151v-158r
Title: Igeret me-Erets-Yiśraʾel
Title: אגרות מארץ ישראל
Author: Bertinoro, Obadiah עובדיה בן אברהם מברטנורא
Colophon: העתקתי אלו הג' כתבי' פה פירארה ג'[...]יינא' של"ב להיותי כבר אצלי זה ימים ושני' תוך קונטריסי' שלי כתיבת כמ"ר ישראל בקורטונה זלה"ה[...]נכתב ונחתם על ידי[...]אברהם יצ"ו בכ"ר משלם זלה"ה מאנאנילו. f. 158r
ff. 158v-159v
Title: Elef alafin
Title: אלף אלפין
ff. 160r-184r
Title: Igeret ḥamudot
Title: אגרת חמודות
Author: Eliyyah Ḥayim ben Binyamin, of Genazzano גינזנו, אליהו חיים בן בנימין
ff. 184v-225v
Title: Perush ha-yeri῾ah ha-gedolah
Title: פרוש היריעה הגדולה
Author: Tsarfati, Reuven צרפתי, ראובן
Colophon: בהיותי מתגורר פה אסטי בפיאמונטי ח' יוניו של"ג. f. 225v
ff. 231r-232r
Title: Shemot ha-sefirot bi-khelal
Title: שמות הספירות בכלל
ff. 232v-237v
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 507 n. 85.

ff. 238r-248r
Author: Tsarfati, Reuven צרפתי, ראובן
Title: Be᾿ur ha-yeri῾ah ha-ḳetanah
Title: באור היריעה הקטנה
ff. 248r-251v
Title: Sefer ha-yiḥud
Title: ספר היחוד

See [Scholem_1948] 258.

ff. 251v-260r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Author: Joseph, de Hamadan יוסף הבא משושן הבירה

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 509 n. 102.

ff. 261r-268v
Title: Liḳutim shonim
Title: לקוטים שונים
ff. 268v-270r
Title: Perush sefer ha-῾iyun
Title: פרוש ספר העיון
Author: Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel אבולעפיה, אברהם בן שמואל
ff. 270r-273r
Title: Ta῾ame ha-neḳudot
Title: טעמי הנקודות
Author: Isaac ben Jacob, ha-Kohen יצחק בן יעקב הכהן
ff. 273r-278r
Title: Ta῾ame ha-te῾amim
Title: טעמי הטעמים
Author: Isaac ben Jacob, ha-Kohen יצחק בן יעקב הכהן
ff. 278r-279r
Title: Shimushe shem ha-meforash
Title: שמושי שם המפורש
ff. 279r-279v
Title: Shoresh ha-shem
Title: שרש השם
ff. 279v-280r
Title: Niḳud ha-shem
Title: נקוד השם
ff. 280r-281r
Title: Yetsiʾah ha-shem ha-meforash
Title: יציאה השם המפורש
ff. 281v-284v
Title: Sod ḥidush be-sod niḳud shem ha-meyuḥad
Title: סוד חדוש בסוד נקוד שם המיוחד
Author: Gikatilla, Joseph גקטילה, יוסף בן אברהם
ff. 284v-290r
Author: Ḥamai, Rav (attributed to him) חמאי גאון (מיוחס לו)
Title: Perush shem shel arba῾ otiyot
Title: פרוש שם של ארבע אותיות
ff. 290r-292r
Title: Sod shem ha-meyuḥad
Title: סוד שם המיוחד
ff. 292r-294r
Title: Sod ῾Azazel ṿe-sod parah adumah
Title: סוד עזאזל וסוד פרה אדומה
ff. 294r-306r
Title: Be᾿urim ῾al derekh ha-nistar
Title: באורים על דרך הנסתר
Author: Nathan ben Avigdor נתן בן אביגדור
ff. 306r-306v
Title: Tefilah
Title: תפלה
Author: Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda בחיי בן יוסף אבן פקודא
ff. 306v-307v
Title: Taḥanah
Title: תחנה
Author: Moscato, Judah ben Joseph מוסקטו, יהודה אריה בן יוסף

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 308 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

308 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, marked by catchwords at the end.

Condition

Tidemarks at edges.

Some mould spots and foxing.

Losses infilled.

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

Uniform layout.

Initial words in larger characters.

Multiple diagrams, e.g. folio 227v.

A number of marginal notes and comments.

Folio 1 is a title page.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Abodath Hak-Kodesh. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,078.'

History

Origin: 1572-1575 Italy, N. (Asti, Ferrara)

Provenance and Acquisition

Boniforte Asinari (active 1580-1599, Asti): inscribed, folio 307r.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 183: his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153): inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27078 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1074.

Bibliography

    Gershom Scholem. 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim ʿal ʿEser Sefirot'. Kiryat Sefer 10 (1933): 498-515.
    [Scholem_1948] שלום, גרשם. 'ראשית הקבלה : <1150-<1250 / מאת גרשם שלום.'ירושלים ותל אביב: שוקן, 1948.
    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).

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