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Or 6360

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032-003314084
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Or 6360
Title:
Collection of astrological, kabbalistic and magical fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
15 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Raffalovich & Lifkin
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 6360

Collection of astrological, kabbalistic and magical fragments

Contents

A collection of astrological, kabbalistic and magical fragments.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-15v
Title: Mafteaḥ Shelomoh
Title: מפתח שלמה

f. 1r Full-page drawing of an astrologer, in black ink.

ff. 1v-6v
Title: Sefer ha-levanah
Title: ספר הלבנה
ff. 7r-11v
Title: Sefer ma῾alot ha-mazalot
Title: ספר מעלות המזלות
ff. 12r-15v
Title: Sefer Mafteaḥ Shelomoh
Title: ספר מפתח שלמה
Filiation: For the continuation of the work, see Or 14759. The two MSS add up to a complete copy of the Sefer Mafteaḥ Shelomoh. See also Or 10767.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th to 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 15 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 190 mm.
Dimensions (written): 250 × 150 mm.
Foliation:

15 folios (+ 1 unfoliated modern flyleaf at the beginning and 5 at the end).

Collation

Irregular quiring.

Condition

Water damage, all repaired/infilled before rebinding.

Tidemark at head throughout.

Ink burn-through, also flaked off in some heavily inked areas.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23 35

Written lines: 23 35

Uniform layout.

Vertical plummet ruling visible.

Initial words and section titles in larger square characters.

Catchwords on every verso.

Graphic fillers at the end of the line.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 17th to 18th century.

Additions:

A series of diagrams, folio 15v.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Sepher Hal-Lebanah. Hebr. Brit. Mus. Oriental 6360.'

History

Origin: 17th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Raffalovich & Lifkin: purchased by the British Museum on 15 April 1902: inscribed, back flyleaf (vi)v.

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=Or_6360 (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. 794.
    Rohtbacher-Sticker, Claudia, "Mafteah Shelomoh: A New Acquisition of the British Library", Jewish Studies Quarterly 2 (1993/94), pp. 263-270, esp. pp. 266-
    Rohtbacher-Sticker, Claudia, "A Hebrew Manuscript of Clavicula Salomonis, Part II", The British Library Journal21 (1995), pp. 128-136.
    סופר, גל, "כתבי היד העבריים של מפתח שלמה ופרק על המאגיה של השבתאים", קבלה 32 (2014), עמ' 135-174; see esp. pp. 153-154.

Funding of Cataloguing

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