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Or 10627
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- Or 10627
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- Kabbalistic texts
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 109 folios (i+109+i)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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Or 10627
Kabbalistic texts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A collection of kabbalistic tracts (variously called sodot, inyanim, and ḳaṿanot), partly by Isaac ben Solomon Luria (redacted by a disciple after his death); and partly by Joseph ibn Ṭabūl.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-7vTitle: כונות וליקוטיםTitle: Kaṿanot ṿe-liḳuṭimIncipit: בעד אות למד ואמנם במקום אות אלפ שבו הושמה בכאןIncomplete at the beginning.
F. 6v: תמו ונשלמו דרכי הלב השלם מורינו כמר"ר יצחק אשכנזי אשר מסרם מפה אל פה מלה כמלה זלה"ה אני תלמיד יוספ ן' טבול - תם ונשלם כאן.
f. 7rTitle: אלו הם השמות שהיה מזכיר כהן גדול ביום הכיפורים בסדר העבודהff. 8v-10vTitle: סוד הצלםTitle: Sod ha-tselemIncipit: סוד הצלם המסתלק מן האדם ליל הושענה רבה וכדי להבינו נקדים לךExplicit: תמו ונשלמו דברי הגדול המקובל האלהי כמהר"ר יצחק אשכנזי ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'Title in manuscript: Sod ha-tselem (f. 8v).
ff. 42r-109vTitle: כתביםTitle: KetuvimIncipit: אלה הם דכה החכם השלם מורינו כמה"ר יוסף המקובל נר"ו אשר כתבתי f. 43rTitle on f. 42r: ועתה הנני כותב דרך ישרה בקיצור ... וכל דבר ודבר יש בו תלי תלים והמשכיל יפן ומי שלא למד ולא שמע מפי יודעי מדע הנה מה טוב בשתיק... ולא יקרא בספרי הקדש ... בנפשו דבר ודבר ה' ויקר מאד ולא כל הרוצה ליטול את השם ...
Incomplete at the end.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in a circle (e.g. f. 8)..Extent: 109 folios (i+109+i)Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 155/173 × 105/120 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink, ff. 1-6 = f. קלא-קלה; ff. 7-8 = ff. לז-לח; ff. 9-109: ff. קלט-רלט.
Ff. 7v-8r, 42v are blank.
Collation
Indeterminable due to tight binding.
Some leaves are not in sequence (cf. Hebrew foliation).
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Number of written lines per page varies.
Marginal notes.
Manicula on f. 14v.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive and semi-cursive scripts of the 17th century.
Ff. 1r-6v and 34r-41v: written by a different hand, in brown ink.
Binding
Post-1600, black cloth binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '282 כוונות ארי' וכ''.
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Sticker on f. 1r with old catalogue number(?): 'No.44'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 282; 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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