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Or 10628
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10628
- Title:
- Ḥayyim Vital's Sefer ha-Sheʿarim
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 307 folios (307+iii)
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- Languages:
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- Start Date:
- 1766
- End Date:
- 1766
- Date Range:
- 1766
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10628
Ḥayyim Vital's Sefer ha-Sheʿarim
Contents
A kabbalistic work by Ḥayyim Vital.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-307vTitle: ספר השערים (שער ההקדמות)Title: Sefer ha-Sheʻarim (shaʻar ha-haḳdamot)Lacunae after ff. 133, 136.
Diagrams e.g. on ff. 15v, 18v, 26v.
Colophon: "ותהי השלמתי יום ג’ יום ר"ח מרחשון שנת ה’תקכ"ו ליצירה פעה"ק ירושלמים תובב"א ע"י הצעיר ... דוד יהוסף דרעי ס"ט" f. 295rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: shield with a decorative top (ff. 33, 204), and six-pointed star (e.g. ff. 34, 143).Extent: 307 folios (307+iii)Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 148 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe.
Unfoliated blank leaves after ff. 133, 136 to mark the lacunae in the text (Hebrew foliation reflects lacunae).
Collation
Indeterminable (binding too tight).
Catchword on every page.
F. 303 is upside down (binder's mistake?).
Condition
Usage stains.
Water damage.
Smudged ink, liquid stains.
Iron gall ink corrosion, especially on ff. 1-32, 207-212.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.
Even left margins.
A few marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 18th century.
Binding
Post-1600; quarter-bound. Boxed.
Spine: 'שער ההקדות 405'.
History
Origin: 1766 Land of Israel (Jerusalem)Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription dated 5629 (1868/9) on f. 1r: "קניתי אותו ... מיד מר שד"ר פריסאדו בכ"ר משה הר"ו תו’ ... ירוש’ ... שנת התרכ"ט ... (חתום): "מתתיה בה"ר ... משה"
M. Gaster's note on f. 307v: '8. 902. £1'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 405: inscribed with his name on ff. 1r, 307v ; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 March 1928(?).
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_10628 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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