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Title:
Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut by Perez ben Isaac Gerondi
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
54 folios (i+54+i)
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Start Date:
1400
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1499
Date Range:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Gerondi, Perez ben Isaac, Cohen, fl 13th century
Gerondi, Perez ben Isaac, Cohen, fl 13th century
Yehudah Hayat
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Or 10509

Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut by Perez ben Isaac Gerondi

Contents

Fragment of Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut, a kabbalistic system of theology.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-54r
Author: גרונדי, פרץ בן יצחק, (מיוחס לו) Gerondi, Perez ben Isaac, Cohen, active 13th century (attributed to)
Title: מערכת האלהות
Title: Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut

Includes a part of Maʿarekhet ha-Shemot and Maʿarekhet Shemot ha-Midot. With Minḥat Yehudah, Yehudah Hayat’s supercommentary on Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut.

Incomplete at the beginning and the end.

Cf. printed edition, Ferrara 1557.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with shiny surface, and with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 54 folios (i+54+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 153 mm.
Dimensions (written): 146 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Very tight binding, thus restricted opening.

Usage stains, water damage, iron gall ink corrosion.

F. 7 is damaged.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Justified left margins.

Section headings are in larger, square characters.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 15th century.

Decoration

Diagram on f. 26r.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, green cloth binding. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '284 פירוש פשר ספירות (החייט)'.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Owners' names (?) on the outer margin of f. 15r: יצחק בר משה ... יעקב בר חסון, יוספ בר משה ...טורושה, יעקב ... ארפון יעקב חסון, ...

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 284; 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).

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