Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Add MS 27079

Record Id:
032-003313892
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003313892
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100031719818.0x000007
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27079
Title:
Kabbalistic texts by Natan ben Reuven Shapira and parts of Zohar Hadash
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003313892", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 27079: Kabbalistic texts by Natan ben Reuven Shapira and parts of Zohar Hadash" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003313892
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003313892
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
115 folios (+ 3 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27079 (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Giuseppe Almanzi
Shapira, Natan, 1660-1662
Shapira, Natan, 1660-1662
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27079

Kabbalistic texts by Natan ben Reuven Shapira and parts of Zohar Hadash

Contents

Kabbalistic texts by Natan ben Reuven Shapira and parts of Zohar Hadash.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th to 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 115 folios (+ 3 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Condition

Slight dirt entry.

Damp entry in final gathering has left tidemarks and caused slight ink fading.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Derushim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,079.'

History

Origin: 16th-17th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 184: 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.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 6r-89v
Author: Natan ben Reuven Shapira, -1662 שפירא, נתן בן ראובן דוד
Title: Kovets
Title: קובץ

A collection of kabbalistic notes from the writings of Natan ben Reuven Shapira and others. The collection ends with a series of amulets.

Physical Description

Paper codex of 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 86 folios
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation:

Folios 6 to 89.

Collation

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 16 20

Written lines: 16 20

Uniform layout.

Some marginal notes.

A diagram of sefirot.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive script of the 17th century.

Additions:

Folio 3r: a record (contemporary with the manuscript) of valuable articles received by Avraham Aḥi.

History

Origin: 17th century ; Italy

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 96r-115v
Title: Merkavah shel Yeḥezkel
Title: מרכבה של יחזקאל

A part on the beginning of ʿAśeret ha-dibrot of Zohar Hadash (in 1663 Venice edition extending from folio 60r to 65v).

References

[Zohar_hadash_1663] 60-65

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 15th to 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 20 folios
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Dimensions (written): × mm.
Foliation:

Folios 96-115.

Collation

Condition

Incomplete.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive writing of the 16th to 17th century.

History

Origin: 16th-17th century ; Italy

Provenance

Additional Information

Record Sources

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

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27079 (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. 851.

Bibliography

    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).
    [Zohar_hadash_1663] Isaac ben Solomon Luria, Menahem ben Judah de Lonzano, Joseph ben Judah Ḥamiẓ -approximately, Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto approximately, active 2nd century Simeon bar Yoḥai, המאה ה־2 שמעון בר יוחאי, יצחק בן שלמה לוריא, מנחם בן יהודה די לונזאנו, יוסף חמיץ, and משה זכות. 'Zohar Ḥadash U-Midrash Neʿelam : Ṿe-Shir Ha-Shirim u-Midrash Rut She-Nitṿasef u-Ḳetsat Ekhah Ṿe-Tiḳunim / Meha-Tana Shimʿon Bar Yoḥai ; ... Be-Hagahot Yitsḥaḳ Lurya ... Asher Nimtseʾu Be-Ginze Menaḥem Di Lonzano Ṿe-Heviʾo El Ha-Defus Yosef Ḥamits ... Hugah ʿa.y. Mosheh Zakut.'Venetia, 1663, 1658.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL