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Kabbalistic collectaneum
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Names:
Egidio da Viterbo
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, c 1176-1238
Elijah Levita
Eliyah ha-Baḥur ben Asher ha-Leṿi Ashkenazi, ha-Medaḳdeḳ
Giuseppe Almanzi
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Kabbalistic collectaneum

Contents

A collection of mystical and kabbalistic texts.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-379v
Language(s): Hebrew
Title: Sode razaya
Title: סודי רזייא
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, approximately 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה

The contents of folio 1-49 are very close to those printed in Sefer Raziel, ed. Amsterdam 1701, folios 7v-24r.

The manuscript contains all the five parts of Sode razaya: Sod ma῾aseh bereshit, Sod ha-merkavah (including Hilkhot Metatron, Hilkhot mal᾿akhim, Hilkhot ha-kise, Hilkhot ha-kavod, Hilkhot ha-dibur, Hilkhot ha-nevu᾿ah, Hilkhot ha-emunah), Sefer ha-shem, Perush sefer yetsirah, Sefer ḥokhmat ha-nefesh.

The marginal notes are partially in Latin, especially between folios 55-290.

f. 32r, 32v, 37v, 88v, 90r, 150r, 151r, 228v, 271v, 272r, 272v, 369v diagrams (ink).

f. 152r, 168v, 290r Maniculae.

References

[Sode_Razaya_1987]
[Sefer_Raziel_1701]
[Odeberg_1928] 18
[Dan_1968] 62-64
ff. 379v-388v
Title: Sefer yetsirah
Title: ספר יצירה
Filiation: Cf contents of [BL] Or 6577 (Margoliouth, Catalogue, no. 736).

This recension of Sefer yetsirah is presented in five chapters.

References

[Yetsirah_1901]
[Hayman_2004]
ff. 388v-470v
Title: Perush sefer yetsirah
Title: פירוש ספר יצירה

The author's colophon is copied on folio 470r: ‘הסלת ספר יצירה ופירושו שבתי בר' אברהם החכם והרופא: וכאשר קבלתי ממורי אבא ר' יהודה ב"ר קלונימוס: וגם קבלתי ממורי הרב ר' יהודה החסיד בן רבנא ר' שמואל והוספתי לפרש בו גם אני הקטן אליעזר’

Filiation: Cf [Steinschneider_1879] 918.
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, approximately 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה

f. 437r, 437v, 439r, 439v, 440r, 442r diagrams (ink).

f. 393r, 397v, 400r, 401r, 413v, 424r, 426v, 428r, 438r Maniculae.

References

[Sode_Razaya_1987]
ff. 470v-485v
Title: סגולות
Title: Segulot

A number of segulot, combinations of letters of the alphabet and an astrological section.

Folios 476v-477r contain a poem, followed by a list of the divine names derived from each line of the poem, and a prayer connected with the same.

Folio 477v contains some additional names which were added by the scribe.

Folios 480v-485v - additional notes on divine and angelic names and excerpts from Peraḳim de-rabi Eli῾ezer.

Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, approximately 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה

f. 484v a pen and ink drawing of a snake.

References

[Sefer_Raziel_1701]
ff. 485v-522v
Title: Sefer ḥokhmat ha-nefesh
Title: ספר חכמת הנפש
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, approximately 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה

f. 498r, 498v, 499r, 503r, 503v, 507r, etc. Maniculae.

References

[Sode_Razaya_1987]
ff. 522v-526r
Title: She᾿elat teshuvah
Title: שאלת תשובה
Author: Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms, approximately 1176-1238 אלעזר בן יהודה, מגרמיזה

An enquiry regarding the destiny of the soul by Shemu᾿el ben Kalonymus, the younger, to Ele῾azar of Worms, preceded by a poem, apparently also by Shemu᾿el ben Kalonymus.

ff. 526r-600v
Title: Sefer ḥokhmat ha-nefesh
Title: ספר חכמת הנפש

A continuation of the piece under no. 5.

Finishes with a short summary and a short poetical piece by Ele῾azar of Worms.

Colophon: אמר המתנצל הכותב הספר הזה אל יאשימני אדם כאשר ימצא בספר הזה טעותים עד אין חקר כי הנני נשבע ביוצרי כי כפל כפלי כפלים היו בהעתק אשר לפני ואני תקנתי מהם הרבה והרבה ולפעמים הנחתי מקום פנוי מתיבה אחת או שתים כאשר לא הבנתי מה עניין התיבה ההיא וכתבתי הספר הזה לאחד מחסידי אומות העולם איש תם וישר מכהני במות שנטו אגושטינו שמו אדון זידייו ראש וקצין על כל כהני הבמות הנזכרי' אשר בכל מדינות ארץ הנוצרים. השם יזכהו להגות בו ולהבין מה שכתוב בו ובשאר ספירי ספריו אשר קנה והכתיב והוציא ממון רב ועוד ידו נטויה להוציא ממונו עד שיהיו לו כל הספרים הנמצאי' אצלינו. והשלמתי הספר הקדוש הזה היום יום ד' שהוא יום הושענא רבא -[רע"ו] - אשר ראיתי בו ראשי בעל הלבנה ברוך ה' כי מובטח אני שלא אמות השנה הזאת נאם הסופר אליהו ב"ר אשר הלוי אשכנזי המדקדק. f. 600v

References

[Sode_Razaya_1987]

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 601 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 138 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 88 mm.
Foliation:

601 folios (+ 2 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript).

The original foliation is preserved in the left-hand upper corner of each recto and the right-hand upper corner of each verso.

Collation

60 quires of 10 leaves each.

Condition

First leaves slightly damaged by water.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 22 36

Written lines: 22 36

Uniform layout.

Regular layout with ruling by black plummet. Last written line outside ruling.

Titles and initial words given in large characters.

Catchwords on every verso, in smaller letters, often highlighted with pen and ink.

Occasional infralinear vocalization.

Red ink marginal notes in Latin (not by the scribe).

Last line written outside ruling.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script of 16th century (at variance with production area).

ff. 1r-2r
Italian/Byzantine semi-cursive of approximately 15th century
ff. 2v-7r
Spanish semi-cursive of approximately 15th century
ff. 8r-61v
Italian/Byzantine semi-cursive of approximately 15th century

Additions:

Binding

BM/BL in-house. Brown.

Spine: 'Kabbalistic Works by Eleazar of Worms. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27199.'

History

Origin: 1516 Italy, C. (Rome)

Provenance and Acquisition

Elijah Levita (Eliyah ha-Baḥur ben Asher ha-Leṿi Ashkenazi, ha-Medaḳdeḳ), (b. 1468, d. 1549): inscribed in the colophon, folios 600v-601r.

Egidio da Viterbo, cardinal (b. 1469, d. 1532): inscribed in the colophon, folios 600v-601r.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 313; 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): inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

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. 737.

Bibliography

    [Sode_Razaya_1987] יהודה, מגרמייזא אלעזר בן, and of Worms Eleazar ben Judah. 'Sefer Sode Razya / Le-Rabenu Elʿazar Mi-Germaiza ; Nitṿasef Bo Hagahot u-Veʾurim u-Marʾe Meḳomot Be-Shem Periśat Shalom, Hukhan Ṿe-Nitḳan ʿa. y. Shalom Ha-Kohen Ṿais.'ירושלים: מכון״שערי זיו״ שע״י ישיבת ״שער השמים״ 1987 or 1988, Yerushalayim, 1987.
    [Sefer_Raziel_1701] Judah, of Worms Eleazar ben, and of Neustadt Isaac ben Abraham. 'Zeh Sifra De-Adam Ḳadmaʾah She-Natan Lo Raziʾel Ha-Malʾakh : Sefer Raziʾel Ha-Gadol / [She-Hevi Le-Defus Yitsḥaḳ Ben Avraham].'אמשטרדם, תסא, Amśṭerdam, 461 1701, 1701.
    [Odeberg_1928] Hugo Odeberg. '3 Enoch; or, the Hebrew Book of Enoch. Edited and Translated ... with Introduction, Commentary & Critical Notes, by Hugo Odeberg. [With a Bibliography.]'. Cambridge: University Press, 1928.
    [Dan_1968] Dan, Joseph. 'Torat Ha-Sod Shel Hasidut Ashkenaz'. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 1968.
    [Yetsirah_1901] Dunash ibn Tamim, Isaac Israeli, Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Samuel Ibn Ḥasdai, and Menasseh Grossberg. 'Sefer Yetsirah: Ha-Meyuḥas Le-Avraham Avinu ʻa. Ha. ʻim Perush ... Abusahal Dunash Ben Tamim Hu R. Yitsḥaḳ Ha-Yiśreʼeli ... Ṿe-Nilṿeh Elaṿ Sefer Le-Mishʼalah Be-Ḳadrut Ha-Levanah Ṿeha-Shemesh ... Me-Rabenu R. Avraham Ben ʻEzra Zal Ṿe-Sefer Mishpaṭ Shivʻah Ha-Iḳlimim Mi-Rabenu Avraham Ha-Leṿi Bar Ḥasdai'. London: bi-defus E. Z. Rabinoṿiṭsh, 1901.
    [Hayman_2004] 'Sefer Yesira: Edition, Translation and Text-Critical Commentary'. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.
    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark
    [Steinschneider_1879] Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin. 'Die Handschriften-Verzeichnisse Der K̈oniglichen Bibliothek Zu Berlin. Bd. 2, Verzeichniss Der Hebræischen Handschriften / von Moritz Steinschneider.'Berlin: Buchdruckerei der KAkademie der Wissenschaften-1897, 1879.
    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).

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