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Or 10413

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Or 10413
Title:
Sefer ha-Maśkil by Gedaliah ibn Yaḥya
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
95 folios (95+i)
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Languages:
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1781
End Date:
1782
Date Range:
1781-1782
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Era:
CE
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Names:
Aaron Israel ben Yedidiah Lattes of Cuni
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Ibn Yaḥya, Gedaliah ben Joseph, 1515-1587
Ibn Yaḥya, Gedaliah ben Joseph, 1515-1587
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Or 10413

Sefer ha-Maśkil by Gedaliah ibn Yaḥya

Contents

A dialogue between the good and the evil inclinations on the theme of repentance.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 3r-95r
Author: Ibn Yaḥya, Gedaliah ben Joseph, 1515-1587 יחיא, גדליה בן יוסף אבן
Title: ספר המשכיל
Title: Sefer ha-Maśkil

Title page on f. 1r, written in square script: 'ספר המשכיל - ספר המשכיל... הטוב עם יצר ה... המקטרגים ... ונכתב על ידי אני הצעיר אהרן ... לאטס מעיר כו...

Colophon: תם ונשלם ספר המשכיל שבח לאל בורא עולם הועתק על ידי אני אהרן ישראל יצ"ו בן ידידה לאטיס מקוגי והועתק פה קסאלי שנת התקמ"ב f. 95r

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; letters in a shield(?) (e.g. ff. 5-6).
Extent: 95 folios (95+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 174 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 152 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation. in ink by the scribe.

Collation

9 quires: i10, ii-vii12, viii10, ix4-2.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, a few ink stains.

some leaves have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 16

Written lines: 16

Uniform layout.

Running title.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century. Copied by Aaron Israel ben Yedidiah Lattes of Cuni.

Binding

Post-1600; cardboard binding with printed paper.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '688 ספר המשכיל'.

History

Origin: 1781-1782 Italy (Casale Monferrato)

Provenance and Acquisition

M. Gaster's note on f. 1r: 'No. 688 מחברו: גדליה ן' יחייא

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 688; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 October 1929.

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).

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Surrogates

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Bibliography

    א’ דוד, מפעלו ההיסטוריוגרפי של ר’ גדליה אבן יחייא בעל שלשלת הקבלה, ירושלים תשל"ו, עמ’ 19-20. ‬

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