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Or 12262
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Or 12262
Avne zikaron by Abraham ben Solomon of Torrutiel
Contents
Kabbalistic work by Abraham ben Solomon of Torrutiel.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-119vTitle: אבני זכרוןTitle: Avne zikaronIncomplete at the beginning; lacuna after ff. 48, 54, 71, and 86.
A kabbalistic miscellany on the nature of the sefirot. It is in four parts and consists of quotations from other works, including:
Part 1: a) commentaries on the Sefer Yetsirah by Nahmanides (ff. 1r-3v), by Joseph ben Shalom Ashkenazi (ff. 3v-13r, and by Isaac of Acre (ff. 13r-28r); b) two responsa attributed to Hai Gaon (ff. 28r-30r); c) a work on emanation by Shem-Ṭov ben Abraham ibn Gaon (ff. 30r-44r); d) commentary of Rabbi Ezra on the Song of Songs (ff. 44r-45v); e) an anonymous kabbalistic work (ff. 45v-47r); f) Tiḳune ha-Zohar (ff. 47r-54v).
Part 2: unidentified works which include quotations from the Sefer ha-Shem of Rabi Moses (ff. 55r-108r).
Part 3: a treatise on the seven hekhalot below Malkhut (ff. 109r-114v.)
Part 4: a treatise on Metatron, and the names of the angels (ff. 114v-119v).
Filiation: Cf. [BL] Or 10521, ff. 240-273; Jerusalem, NLI Heb. 8°404.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, no traces of watermark.Extent: 119 folios (iii+119+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 160 mm.Dimensions (written): 157 × 112 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Earlier foliation in pencil shows that at least 15 leaves are missing from the beginning; it also shows that the leaves used to be bound in a different order when that earlier foliation (ff. 55-71 used to be ff. 101-117 and fols. 72-86 used to be ff. 49-63, etc.).
Collation
Indeterminable (binding too tight).
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Edges of numerous leaves are damaged and conserved.
Usage stains, water damage.
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Even left margins.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) semi-cursive script of the 16th century. Ff. 1r-2r, 33r-33v, 119r-119v different line spacing.
Decoration
Diagrams (e.g. ff. 36r, 54r, 60r, 82v, 93v, 108r).
Additions:Binding
BL in-house. Black cloth binding.
Spine: 'Kabbalistic Miscellany Hebrew British Library Oriental MS. 12262.'
History
Origin: 1500-1599 16th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 956: inscribed with his name on f. 1r; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 October 1930.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12262 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
See G. Scholem, Kiryat Sefer no. 6 (1929-1930), pp. 259-276.Scholem, Gershom and I. Yoel, Kitve yad ba-ḳabalah ha-nimtsaʾim be-Vet ha-sefarim ha-leʾumi ṿeha-universiṭaʾi bi-Yerushalayim (Yerushalayim, 1930), pp. 83-84.Bibliography
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