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Add MS 27010

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032-003358908
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Add MS 27010
Title:
Collection of various texts
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
244 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
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Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Giuseppe Almanzi
Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel ben Judah, 1150-1230
Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel ben Judah, 1150-1230
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27010

Collection of various texts

Contents

A collection of various texts.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 244 folios

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Isaac Loria Sepher hal-liḳuṭim Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,010.'

Accompanying Material

ff. 1 and 244 are leaves from a 15th-century parchment MS containing Maimonides' Moreh nevukhim in the Hebrew translation of Shmuel ibn Tibbon. Fol. 1 contains a portion of chapter 19 of part II; and fol. 244 the latter portion of chapter 24 and the beginning of chapter 25 of Part II. The marks indicate that both leaves had been used as pastedowns.

History

Origin: 17th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

1865-10

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile: his manuscript no. 120; 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).

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2r-229r
Author: Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572 לוריא, יצחק (האר"י)
Title: ספר הלקוטים
Title: Sefer liḳuṭim

According to the catalogue of the National Library of Israel, the author is Ḥayyim ben Joseph Vital (ויטל, חיים בן יוסף)

Filiation:

The greater part was copied by the same scribe as [BL] Add MS 26931.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark: a monogramme with a shamrock in between (e.g. ff. 222).
Extent: 229 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 147 mm.
Dimensions (written): 162 × 116 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel foliation in Hebrew characters starting on fol. 2 (=fol. א). On fol. 194, Hebrew foliation is erased.

Collation

Indeterminable (too tight binding).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 28

Written lines: 28

Uniform layout.

Section heading is larger characters.

Ruling in hard point is visible in places.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century.

ff. 99, from the middle of line 9 - fol. 105v: Sefardi cursive hand.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 17th-18th century ; Italy?

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 230r-239v
Author: Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572 לוריא, יצחק (האר"י)
Title: Isaac Luria's hymns with a commentary by Israel Saruḳ
Incipit: ...במהר"ר ישראל סרוק נר"ו מן השירים שעשה החכם האלקי' כמורה"ר יצחק לוריא אשכנזי זלה"ה
Filiation:

The greater part was copied by the same scribe as [BL] Add MS 27211.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no traces of watermark.
Extent: 10 folios (ff. 230-239)
Dimensions (leaf): 201 × 147 mm.
Dimensions (written): 173 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel foliation in Hebrew characters (ff. קנט-קסח).

Collation

Indetrerminable (too tight binding). Signature(?) in the middle of the lower margin on fol. 230.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, smudged ink.

Slight water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 17th-18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Italy?

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 240r-240v
Author:
Title: Several notes
ff. 241r-242v
Author:
Title: Table of contents of Part I (fol. 2r-229v)
f. 243
Author:
Title: שמות הקדש היוצאים מפסוקי מגלת אסתר
Title: List of Divine Names from Megilat Ester.

Hebrew title is from MS (fol. 243r).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; traces of watermark: monogramme with shamrock in the middle (fol. 242) and anchor (fol. 243).
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 240-243)
Dimensions (leaf): × mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel foliation in Hebrew characters (ff. קנט-קסח).

Collation

Indererminable (too tight binding).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains.

Slight water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Various Italian semi-cursive and cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Fol. 241: Sefardi cursive script.

Decoration

Additions:

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century

Provenance

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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