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Kabbalistic collectaneum
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Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Asher ben David, 1200-1299
Asher ben David, 1200-1299
Azriel
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Ezra ben Solomon, 1160-1238
Ezra ben Solomon, 1160-1238
Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet, rabbi, fl 13th century
Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet, rabbi, fl 13th century
Menahem, a student of Eleazar of Worms
Moses ben Eleazar, ha-Darshan (ascribed to him)
Mosheh
Naḥmanides, 1195?-1270?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000398217402,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/219072992
Naḥmanides, 1195?-1270?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000398217402,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/219072992
Nehemiah ben Shlomoh, of Erfurt
Rav Ḥamai gaon, 939-1038
Rav Ḥamai gaon, 939-1038
Shemuel ha-Kohen (ascribed to him)
ibn Tamim, Dunash, 0900-0999
ibn Tamim, Dunash, 0900-0999
מנחם (תלמידו של אלעזר מגרמיזא)
משה בן אליעזר הדרשן (מיוחס לו)
נחמיה בן שלמה, מארפורט
עזריאל
שמואל הכהן (מיוחס לו)
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Kabbalistic collectaneum

Contents

A collection of mystical, kabbalistic and magical texts.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-5v
Author: Naḥmanides, 1195-1270 משה בן נחמן
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah
Title: פרוש ספר יצירה

See Scholem, [Scholem_1931a] 87-90, 102 and idem, 'Peraḳim' 1929-1930, pp. 387-388 and 401-410; [Scholem_1930] 76, no. 28.

Incipit: שלשים ושתים נתיבות וכו' י' ספירות וכב אותיות ומנצפ"ך צופים אמרום. f. 1r
ff. 5v-7r
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah (fragment)
Title: פרוש ספר יצירה (קטע)

See [Scholem_1930] 76-77, no. 30; [Abrams_1997] 322.

ff. 7r-11v
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah
Title: פירוש ספר יצירה

From the school of Ḥaside Ashkenaz. See [Scholem_1930] 77, no. 31.

Incipit: בל"ב נתיבות פלאות חכמה חקק יה ה' צבאות. f. 7r
ff. 11v-16r
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah (liḳutim)
Title: פרוש ספר יצירה (לקוטים)
Author: Dunash ibn Tamim, active 10th century דונש בן תמים

See [Vajda_2002] .

ff. 16r-25r
Title: Sefer ha-yiḥud
Title: ספר היחוד
Author: Asher ben David, active 13th century אשר בן דוד בן אברהם
Incipit: סוד ה' ליריאיו ובריתו להודיעם. קבלה מרבותינו שבשם המפורש. f. 16r

See [Scholem_1930] 77, no. 33; [Scholem_1976] 85-87.

Filiation: Cf. MS Leiden 24.

References

[Ha-segulah] 2-16 (1934).
ff. 25r-25v
Title: Ma᾿amar be-ḳabalah
Title: מאמר בקבלה
ff. 25v-28r
Title: Sefer yetsirah
Title: ספר יצירה
Incipit: חסלת ... ספר יצירה ... אותיות דאברהם אבינו דמתקרי ספר יצירה. f. 25v
ff. 28r-35r
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah
Title: פרוש ספר יצירה
Incipit: בשלשים ושתים נתיבות בורא הקב"ה את העולם. נתיבות פי' דרכים. f. 35r

See [Scholem_1930] 75-76, no. 27; [Scholem_1980] 244.

ff. 35r-36r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Incipit: הראשונה כתר עליון השניה ... קודם שברא הקב"ה את עולמו היה הוא ושמו בלבד. f. 35r

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 511 no. 121.

ff. 36v-42r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
ff. 42v-51r
Title: Ḳovets be-ḳabalah
Title: קבץ בקבלה

Contains commentaries on the divine and angelic names, amulets, kabbalistic prayers, and the book of Enoch (folios 45v-46r).

ff. 52r-66v
Title: Perush ketuvim (Shir ha-shirim)
Title: פרוש כתובים (שיר השירים)
Author: Ezra ben Solomon, of Gerona, -1238 עזרא בן שלמה, מגרונה
ff. 67r-68r
Title: Divre Menaḥem
Title: דברי מנחם
Author: Menahem, a student of Eleazar of Worms מנחם (תלמידו של אלעזר מגרמיזא)
Incipit: כתיב כי ביה ה' צור עולמים" שחסר בתחלתו. f. 67r
Incipit: כתר חכמה בינה כתי' ה' בחכמה יסד ארץ. f. 67v

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 504 no. 50, p. 505 no. 55.

ff. 68r-68r
Title: Perush ῾eser sefirot
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Incipit: אמשול לך משל הספירות שהן אדוקות. f. 68r

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 72 no. 5.

ff. 68r-75r
Title: Sodot be-kabalah
Title: סודות בקבלה

Most of the short pieces contained in this section were printed at the end of Nefesh ḥakhamah of Moses de Leon, [Nefesh-Hakhamah_1608] . See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 285.

ff. 75r-78r
Title: Sefer ha-yiḥud
Title: ספר היחוד
Author: Asher ben David, active 13th century אשר בן דוד בן אברהם

See item no. 5 above.

ff. 78r-79r
Title: Ma᾿amar al yiḥud ha-Shem
Title: מאמר על יחוד השם
Author: Moses ben Eleazar, ha-Darshan (ascribed to him) משה בן אליעזר הדרשן (מיוחס לו)
Incipit: מצות עשה לידע שיש אלוה בעולם ולקבלו עליו. f. 78r

References

[Scholem_1948] 206-207
ff. 79r-81v
Title: Sefer yetsirah
Title: ספר יצירה
Incipit: חסלת הדין ספר יצירה אותיות דאברהם אבינו דמתקרי ספר יצירה. f. 79r
ff. 82r-83r
Title: Alfa beta de-Metatron
Title: אלפא ביתא דמטטרון
Author: Nehemiah ben Shlomoh, of Erfurt נחמיה בן שלמה, מארפורט

See Idel, [Idel_2007] 255-264.

ff. 84r-85r
Title: Ḳemeot
Title: קמעות

A series of magical prescriptions and expositions.

ff. 85r-90v
Title: Seder pe῾ulat ha-yetsirah
Title: סדר פעולת היצירה
ff. 91r-92r
Title: Sefer ha-yashar
Title: ספר הישר
Author: Shemuel ha-Kohen (ascribed to him) שמואל הכהן (מיוחס לו)
Incipit: ספר הישר ... כתבו רבי שמואל הכהן מן הישיבה. f. 91r

See [Scholem_1930] 111.

ff. 92r-93r
Title: Sefer ha-malbush
Title: ספר המלבוש
ff. 93r-108v
Title: Ḳovets be-ḳabalah ma῾asit
Title: קבץ בקבלה מעשית

Contains magical amulets, spells and explanations of the use of the divine names. See [Scholem_1963] 254-255.

ff. 109r-109r
Title: Sod egoz
Title: סוד אגוז

See [Dan_1968] 208-209.

ff. 109r-111v
Title: Ḥokhmat ha-nefesh (liḳutim)
Title: חכמת הנפש (לקוטים)
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה מגרמיזא
ff. 111v-112v
Title: Sod ets ha-da῾at
Title: סוד עץ הדעת
Author: Ezra ben Solomon, of Gerona, -1238 עזרא בן שלמה, מגרונה
Incipit: ענין עץ הדעת אשר נצטוה האדם לבלתי אכול ממנו. f. 111v

See [Idel_1976] 22, 53.

References

[Scholem_1976] 374-376.
ff. 112v-114v
Title: Sefer ha-῾iyun
Title: ספר העיון
Author: Ḥamai, Rav (ascribed to him) חמאי גאון (מיוחס לו)
ff. 114v-118r
Title: Igeret le-Burgos
Title: אגרת לבורגוש
Author: Azriel עזריאל
ff. 118v-126v
Title: Sha῾ar ha-shamayim
Title: שער השמים
Author: Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet, active 13th century יעקב בן ששת גירונדי

See Scholem, 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim' 1933, p. 502 no. 31.

ff. 126v-133v
Title: Keter shem ṭov
Title: כתר שם טוב
Author: Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, active 13th century אברהם בן אלכסנדר מקולוניא
ff. 134r-153r
Title: Ḳovets be-ḳabalah ma῾asit
Title: קבץ בקבלה מעשית

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 153 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 340 × 227 mm.
Dimensions (written): 230 × 145/150 mm.
Foliation:

153 folios (+ 4 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and 2 at the end). Folios 1 and 2 are paper flyleaves.

Irregular Hebrew foliation (92-159), 91 leaves might be missing at the beginning and 8 leaves missing after folio 66.

Collation

Quires of 8 leaves each, marked with a vertical catchword at the end.

Condition

Stains and tidemarks from damp, especially on first and last few leaves.

Slight rodent damage at bottom corner in part.

Ink blurred in parts.

Foredge of paper ends rolling. Small tears.

Lacuna after folio 132.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 36 38

Written lines: 36 38

Uniform layout.

Regular layout with hard point ruling. Last written line outside ruling.

Visible pricking.

Titles and initial words given in large square characters.

Occasional infralinear vocalization.

Marginal notes and additions, in various hands.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi square script of the 14th century. Mosheh: his name marked off frequently in the text, e.g., folio 8v, 14v, etc.

Additions:

An English desciption of the manuscript, in pencil, folio 1v.

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Kabbalistic Tracts. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 15,299.'

History

Origin: 1300-1399 14th century Germany (or Italy?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Duke of Sussex plate with his coat of arms, pasted on the inner front cover.

A note of acquisition of the manuscript in French, dated 1774, folio 2v.

1844-08-03

Purchased by the British Museum at the Duke of Sussex's sale, lot 466, on 03 August 1844: inscribed, folio 153v.

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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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. 752.
    Gershom Scholem. 'Peraḳim me-Toledot Sifrut ha-Ḳabalah'. Kiryat Sefer 6 (1929-1930): 385-410.
    Gershom Scholem. 'Mafteaḥ Le-Perushim ʿal ʿEser Sefirot'. Kiryat Sefer 10 (1933): 498-515.

Bibliography

    [Scholem_1931a] שלום, גרשם. 'פרקים לתולדות ספרות הקבלה.'ירושלם: דפוס עזריאל, 1931.
    [Scholem_1930] Gershom Gerhard Scholem. 'Kitve-Yad Be-Ḳabalah Ha-Nimtsaʾim Be-Vet Ha-Sefarim Ha- Leʾumi Ṿeha-Universiṭaʾi Bi-Yerushala[y]Im / Teʾaram Ṿe-Ḥaḳaram Gershom Shalom ; Be-Hishtatfut Yiʹsʹsakhar Yoʾel.'Yerushalayim: Ḥevrah le-hotsaʾat sefarim ʿal-yad ha- Universiṭah ha-ʿIvrit, 1930.
    [Vajda_2002] Dūnaš ben Tāmīm, Paul B. Fenton, and Georges Vajda. 'Le Commentaire Sur Le Livre de Création de La Dūnas̆ Ben Tāmīm de Kairouan: (Xe Siècle)'. Paris [u.a.:]: Peeters, 2002.
    [Scholem_1976] שלום, גרשם. 'הקבלה בגירונה / ג’ שלום ; ערך לפי הרצאות י’ בן-שלמה. [פרקים בתולדות הקבלה בספרד ; א ]'. ירושלים: מפעל השכפול, 1976.
    [Ha-segulah] 'הסגולה.', 1934.
    [Nefesh-Hakhamah_1608] Tov, de Leon Moses ben Shem. 'Ṿe-Zot Ha-Sefer Ha-Nefesh Ha-Ḥakhamah : ... Be-Veʾur Sodot ... / Ha-Rav Mosheh Bar Shem Ṭov Me-ʿir Leʾon.'בזילאה, שסח, Basle, 1608.
    [Scholem_1948] שלום, גרשם. 'ראשית הקבלה : <1150-<1250 / מאת גרשם שלום.'ירושלים ותל אביב: שוקן, 1948.
    [Idel_2007] אידל, משה. “הפרוש האנונימי ל’אלפא ביתא דמטטרון’ : חיבור נוסף של ר’ נחמיה בן שלמה הנביא.,” 2007.
    [Dan_1968] Dan, Joseph. 'Torat Ha-Sod Shel Hasidut Ashkenaz'. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 1968.
    [Idel_1976] אידל, משה. 'כתבי ר’ אברהם אבולעפיה ומשנתו / ... מאת משה אידל.'חמו"ל, 1976.

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