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Add MS 27173
Title:
Collection of philosophical and kabbalistic works
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Extent:
126 folios
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
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CE
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Names:
Abraham Grazziano 'Ish Ger'
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Asher ben David, 1200-1299
Asher ben David, 1200-1299
Azriel, 1100-1199
Azriel, 1100-1199
Daniyel
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, kabbalist and scholar, 1248-1325
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, kabbalist and scholar, 1248-1325
Giuseppe Almanzi
Renato da Modena
Romano, Judah ben Moses ben Daniel, 1291-1351
Romano, Judah ben Moses ben Daniel, 1291-1351
ha-Kohen, Jacob ben Jacob, 1200-1270,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97324044,
ha-Kohen, Jacob ben Jacob, 1200-1270,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97324044,
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27173

Collection of philosophical and kabbalistic works

Contents

Philosophical and kabbalistic writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2r-12v
Title: Be᾿ur tsurat ha-otiyot
Title: באור צורת האותיות

A treatise on the mystical interpretation of the letters of the alphabet.

ff. 13r-13r
Title: Be᾿urim ḳetsarim li-fesuḳe Miḳra᾿
Title: באורים קצרים לפסוקי מקרא
Author: Romano, Judah ben Moses ben Daniel רומנו, יהודה בן משה (מחבר משוער)
ff. 13v-14r
Title: Haḳdamah le-tirgum sefer na-nefesh le-Aristo
Title: הקדמה לתרגום ספר הנפש לאריסטו
Author: Romano, Judah ben Moses ben Daniel רומנו, יהודה בן משה
ff. 15r-21r
Title: Sha῾ar ha-sho᾿el
Title: שער השואל
Author: Azriel, of Gerona עזריאל בן שלמה, מגרונה
ff. 22r-28v
Title: Agadot ha-Talmud
Title: אגדות התלמוד
ff. 29r-63v
Title: Zohar ḥadash (Midrash Rut)
Title: זהר חדש (מדרש רות)
ff. 64r-98v
Title: Perush agadot ha-Talmud
Title: פרוש אגדות התלמוד
Author: Adret, Solomon ben Abraham אדרת, שלמה בן אברהם אבן
ff. 99r-100r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Author: Jacob ben Jacob, ha-Kohen יעקב בן יעקב הכהן

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 503 no. 54.

ff. 100r-100v
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 503 no. 38.

Incipit: וזה כלל י' ספירות כתר עליון אויר קדמון שמו הוא מחשבה. f. 100r
ff. 100v-102r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Incipit: אודיעך כלל הדברים שהיו מתנהגים בהם בעלי המרכבה. f. 100v

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 498 no. 2.

ff. 102r-102r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות

See [Scholem_1948] 72, no. 5.

Incipit: אמשול לך משל מענין י' ספירות. f. 102r
ff. 102r-107v
Title: Sodot u-te῾amim be-ḳabalah
Title: סודות וטעמים בקבלה
ff. 108r-108v
Title: Liḳuṭim be-ḳabalah
Title: לקוטים בקבלה
Incipit: אמרו רז"ל צורת יעקב חקוקה בכסא הכבוד. f. 108r
ff. 108v-109v
Title: Be᾿ur sod keri᾿at shema῾
Title: באור סוד קריאת שמע
ff. 109v-110r
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah
Title: פרוש ספר יצירה
Author: Asher ben David אשר בן דוד בן אברהם
Explicit: כך פירש הה"ר אשר ז"ל" כנראה אשר בן דוד בן אברהם. f. 110r
ff. 112v-113r
Title: Sefer ha-yiḥud
Title: ספר היחוד
Author: Asher ben David אשר בן דוד בן אברהם
Incipit: קבלה בידינו שהואו' שבשם המפורש שהוא שם בן ארבע אותיות. f. 112v

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 511 no. 118.

ff. 113v-115v
Title: Perush ha-agadot
Title: פרוש האגדות
Author: Azriel, of Gerona עזריאל בן שלמה, מגרונה
ff. 115v-116v
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Author: Jacob ben Jacob, ha-Kohen יעקב בן יעקב הכהן
Incipit: ראשית כל דבר היה הראשון לכל. f. 115v
ff. 116v-117v
Title: Perush yiḥud ha-shem
Title: פרוש יחוד השם
Author: Azriel, of Gerona עזריאל בן שלמה, מגרונה
ff. 117v-123r
Title: Igeret le-Burgoś
Title: אגרת לבורגוש
Author: Azriel, of Gerona עזריאל בן שלמה, מגרונה
ff. 123v-123v
Title: Sod shalosh se῾udot
Title: סוד שלש סעודות
Author: Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham ג'קטילה, יוסף בן אברהם
ff. 124r-125v
Title: Sodot u-te῾amim be-ḳabalah
Title: סודות וטעמים בקבלה
ff. 125v-125v
Title: Keter shem ṭov
Title: כתר שם טוב
Author: Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne אברהם בן אלכסנדר מקולוניא

Incomplete at the end.

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 502 no. 35.

Physical Description

Paper and parchment codex of the 14th to 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: mixed
Support: Paper and parchment.
Extent: 126 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quires of 14 leaves each (the first and the last leaf is usually parchement).

Condition

Slight damp entry at gutter.

Some glue and usage stains.

Slight mould spotting.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30 38

Written lines: 30 38

Uniform layout.

Catchwords on every verso.

Visible plummet ruling (frame only).

Marginal notes.

Initial words in square characters.

Censor's erasures, e.g. folio 28v, 38r, 57r.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 14th to 15th century. Daniyel: marked off on folio 18v.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Midrash Ruth, Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,173.'

History

Origin: 14th-15th century ; Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Abraham Grazziano (Ish Ger): inscribed, folio 2r.

Renato da Modena: inscribed with his name, 1627 (folio 126v); see [Popper_1969] 132-133.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 283; 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 bookseller and dealer to the British Museum.

Record Sources

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

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27173 (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. 1087.

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.
    [Popper_1969] William Popper. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.

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