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Or 12354
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- Or 12354
- Title:
- Gala ʿamiḳta (ḥeleḳ 1, 2)
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 245 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12354 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1625
- Date Range:
- 1600-1625
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12354
Gala ʿamiḳta (ḥeleḳ 1, 2)
Contents
Kabbalistic treatises of Isaac Luria as redacted and expounded by Ḥayyim Vital.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-241rTitle: גלא עמיקתא (חלק א, ב)Title: Gala ʿamiḳta (ḥeleḳ 1, 2)Incipit: ... ונק' ביטול: הענין הוא כי האור של ...In two parts: Part 1 contains homilies and a commentary on Sifra de-Sheni uta; Part 2 contains a commentary on the liturgy
F. 96v: short list added by a different hand containing allusions as to the year when the Messiah will come and a hint of a gematria of Shabbetai Tzvi.
With a few marginal notes. Some begin with: א"א.
Schematic maniculae in the margins pointing to certain parts of the text (e.g. f. 214v, 231r).
Ff. 239v-241r: homiletic commentaries by a different hand.
Incomplete at the beginning.
ff. 241v-244vTitle: יחודים של מורי זלה"הA series of yiḥudim attributed to Isaac Luria.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: anchor in circle (e.g. ff. 3, 46).Extent: 245 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 177 × 100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew pagination in ink until f. 96v (=p. 216); it shows that the codex is incomplete at the beginning.
Collation
Indeterminable.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage.
Layout
Columns:2
Ruled lines: 45
Written lines: 45
Ff. 1-239r: uniform layout; sometimes last columns of a section end in geometric forms (e.g. 64r, 167v, 210v); some section headings are in larger, square characters.
ff. 241v-244v: in one column, no margins have been left; more written lines per page than most of the codex.
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and cursive script of the 17th century.
Additions:Ff. 245r-245v: Sefer ha-Yetsirah (Ch. 1 and the beginning of Ch. 2) were appended by a different hand.
Binding
Brown leather binding, gold-tooled. In phase box.
History
Origin: 1600-1625 1st quarter of the 17th century.Provenance and Acquisition
Note regarding family matters: כשטר הכתובה כתוב יום כניסת חופת אבי ואמי זכרם לחיי ... יט לאייר שנת חמשת אלפים ושלש מאות ושבעים ושש לבריאת עולם ואני נולדתי להם ז"ל ... באותה שנה ... אני ביום ... שנת הת"ך לבריאת עולם בן ארבעים שנים ונכנסתי תוך שלש ... ימי ושנותי לעסוק בתולה לשעה ... ויספיק לו לחם חוקי בחיי שלשת בני אליה שמואל בנימן ה' עליהם יחיו אמן ... אברהם הריני(?)
Ownership inscription on f. 244v: זה הספר שלי ... [אני] הצעיר אברהם וינטורה
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 281: his signature with the date 1899 on f. 244v; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 24 February 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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12354 (digital images currently unavailable)
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