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Title:
Sefer Ḳol be-ramah by Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ
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156 folios
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1600
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1699
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Names:
Giuseppe Almanzi
Ẓemaḥ, Jacob ben Ḥayyim, 1600-1699
Ẓemaḥ, Jacob ben Ḥayyim, 1600-1699
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Add MS 26997

Sefer Ḳol be-ramah by Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ

Contents

A commentary on the part of the Zohar (Idra raba).

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-151v
Title: Sefer Ḳol be-ramah
Title: ספר קול ברמה

Contains the commentary on Idra raba (part of the Zohar) based on comments of Isaac Luria, with additions by Ḥayim Vital, Benyamin ha-Kohen and others, and edited by Jacob Ẓemaḥ.

The volume begins with Kelalim, folio 4r; then follows the commentary itself, folio 9r. An index to the commentary is given on folios 149r-150r.

Appended are two sections (also bearing on the subject of Idra raba), wntitled Derushe ha-melakhim. These sections are followed by a piece on Beḥinat histalkut, folio 155v.

See further Scholem, [Kiryat_Sefer] 26, pp. 189-194 and [Avivi_2008] 661 of vol. 2.

Author: Ẓemaḥ, Jacob ben Ḥayyim, active 17th century צמח, יעקב בן חיים

References

[Kol_beramah_1785]

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 156 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

156 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).

Original foliation in the left-hand upper corner of each recto.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 to 12 leaves each.

Condition

Stained.

Imperfect at the end.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 31 39

Written lines: 31 39

Uniform layout.

Catchwords on every verso.

Visible vertical hard-point ruling.

Headings and initial words in larger square characters.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive script of the 17th century.

Binding

BM in-house. Checked red and black hardcover with spine and corners in ivory leather.

Spine: 'Jacob Tsemach Comm. On The Iddera Rabba. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26,997.'

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 108: 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.

Availability

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26997 (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. 797.

Bibliography

    [Kiryat_Sefer] 'KIRYAT SEFER.', n.d.
    [Avivi_2008] Joseph Avivi, and יוסף אביב"י. 'Ḳabalat Ha-Ari / Yosef Avivi.'Yerushalayim: Mekhon Ben-Tsevi le-ḥeḳer ḳehilot Yiśraʾel ba-Mizraḥ, ירושלים, 2008.
    [Kol_beramah_1785] Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ active 17th century. 'Sefer Ḳol Be-Ramah : ... Perush ... ʿal Ha-Idra Rabah ... Mi-Derushe He-Ari Ṿe-Nilṿah Elaṿ Perush Idra Zuṭa Ḳadisha.'Ḳorets ie1785, קארעץ, תקמ"ה, 1785.
    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).

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