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Add MS 27120
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- Add MS 27120
- Title:
- Collection of kabbalistic treatises
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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:
- 138 folios
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 27120
Collection of kabbalistic treatises
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic treatises.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-20vTitle: Sefer ha-ḥesheḳTitle: ספר החשקFiliation: Cf. the contents of Sassoon MS 290, currently Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 145, folio 450.On this text see [Idel_1981] 63.
ff. 21r-116rTitle: Sefer berit ha-menuḥahTitle: ספר ברית המנוחהThe first, third and fourth section is indicated by larger writing at the beginning on folio 26r, 80v, and 85v respectively. The other sections, which are not specially distinguished, begin respectively on folio 32r, 95v, 99r, 102v, 106v. There appear to be no sections marked after the 8th, possibly as a result of lacunae in the text.
Folios 112r-114r are blank, and folios 114v, 115r duplicate the contents of folio 74 (the right order being folios 115r, 114v).
Filiation: Cf. the contents of Add MS 27155 and 26930/II.References
ff. 116r-138vTitle: Yesod ῾olamTitle: יסוד עולםA drama on the triumph of Abraham over the idolatry of Nimrod. On the drama and its manuscripts see [Michman_1966] .
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 138 foliosDimensions (leaf): 270 × 195 mm.Dimensions (written): 230 × 155 mm.Foliation:138 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 23
Written lines: 23
Uniform layout.
Initial words as well as divine and angelic names given in larger square characters.
Catchwords on every page.
Visible hard-point ruling and pricking.
Folios 116-138 divided into two columns.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive (folios 1-115) and cursive (folios 116-138) scripts of the 18th century.
Additions:Binding
BM/BL in-house.
Spine: 'Abr. ben Isaac. Beruth Ham-Menuhah, Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional MS. 27,120.'
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Folio 1r: an owner's entry relating to the transfer of the manuscript from Yesh῾ayah Rafael Azulai to the Almanzi family (written probably by Barukh ben Abraham Almanzi), dated 1821, Ancona.
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile his manuscript no. 227; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum through Asher & Co. in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153); inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27120 (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. 748.Bibliography
[Idel_1981] אידל, משה. “תפיסת התורה בספרות ההיכלות וגלגוליה בקבלה.,” 1981.[Michman_1966] מכמן, יוסף. 'המחזה “יסוד עולם” לרבי משה זכות'. ירושלים: מכון בן-צבי, 1966.[Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).Funding of Cataloguing
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