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Or 10521
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- Or 10521
- Title:
- A collection of kabbalistic texts
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 292 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10521 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10521
A collection of kabbalistic texts
Contents
A collection of extracts from writings on the kabbalah.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-83vTitle: לקוטים בקבלה ובקבלה מעשיתTitle: Liḳuṭim be-Ḳabalah uve-Ḳabalah maʻaśitff. 84r-175vTitle: גנת ביתןTitle: Ginat bitanTitle in the MS: "ספר גנת ביתן למקובל האלהי במהה"ר יצחק בר אברהם הכהן זלה"ה". f. 84r
Chart on f. 100r
ff. 176r-187vTitle: לקוטים בקבלה ובקבלה מעשיתTitle: Liḳuṭim be-Ḳabalah uve-Ḳabalah maʻaśitFol. 176r: the ten sefirot.
ff. 188r-191rTitle: כללים בספירותTitle: Kelalim ba-sefirotTitle in MS: כללים בספירות על הסדר (f. 188r).
Colophon: "העתקתים אני ... משה ן’ גטן [גנון?] בכאן בתארודאנת יע"א להה"ר שלמה די בושאל נר"ו אשר מארץ הגליל ... אדר שני שנת י’ה’י’ו’ ל’ר’צ’ו’ן’ אמרי פי ליצירה" f. 191rff. 192r-239vTitle: לקוטים בקבלה ובקבלה מעשיתTitle: Liḳuṭim be-Ḳabalah uve-Ḳabalah maʻaśit "שמעתי בשאפרו מן החכם הר’ יצחק אראג’יל" (220א, ועוד).
ff. 240r-273rTitle: פרוש עשר ספירותTitle: Perush ʿeśer sefirotTitle in the MS: "פירוש ע"ס בדרך כלל כתוב ימניות פנימיות מוחות תוכיות קדושות לביות טהורות". f. 240r
ff. 273v-292vTitle: לקוטים בקבלה ובקבלה מעשיתTitle: Liḳuṭim be-Ḳabalah uve-Ḳabalah maʻaśitPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermarks: pot with crescent on top and the letters GRO inside (similar to Heawood, Watermarks: mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries (Hilversum: Paper Publications Society, 1950), no. 3627, dated 1654) (e.g. ff. 110 and 114);two pillars flanking a cartouche with initials (OMI or IMO) which supports a bunch of grapes (e.g. f. 165 and 168), similar watermarks in Heawood (nos. 3492, 3515) are dated to the 17th century; pot with crescent on top (similar to Heawood, no. 3624, dated 1623?, England) (e.g. ff. 179 and 183).Extent: 292 foliosDimensions (leaf): 188 × 155 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink
Collation
Quires of mostly 12 leaves.
Catchword on most of the pages.
Condition
Very fragiles leaves.
Water damage, usage stain, worm damage.
Iron gall ink corrosion (especially ff. 240-273).
Collation is falling apart, f. 274 is almost loose, f. 11 is loose.
Layout
Columns:1
Not uniform layout; number of lines varies.
Section numbers, subtitles, notes in the margin.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive and semi-cursive scripts of the 17th century.
ff. 188-192: scribe: Mosheh ibn Junun (גנון).
Decoration
Additions:Numerous notes, scribbles on front pastedown.
Binding
Post-1600, brown leather binding, blind-tooled. Boxed.
Spine: 'קובץ מכתבים שונים על הזהר ועל חהא כ"י.'
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century; ff. 188-192: 1647 (5407)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 720: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r and 292v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924: inscribed on back flyleaf (i)v.
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_10521 (digital images currently unavailable)
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