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Or 10456
Title:
Liḳuṭe amarim (ha-Tanya) by Shneur Zalman
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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:
43 folios (43+i)
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Start Date:
1775
End Date:
1796
Date Range:
1775-1796
Era:
CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Henry Drummond
Joseph Wolf
Shneur Zalman, 1745-1812
Shneur Zalman, 1745-1812
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Or 10456

Liḳuṭe amarim (ha-Tanya) by Shneur Zalman

Contents

A tract on Hasidic philosophy.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2r-42v
Author: שניאור זלמן בן ברוך Shneur Zalman, of Lyady, 1745-1812
Title: לקוטי אמרים (התניא)
Title: Liḳuṭe amarim (ha-Tanya)

Contains the first section of the hasidic tract.

The tract was first printed in 1796, Slavuta. This manuscript predates the printed edition.

Title page on f. 2r: ספר קיצור ליקוטי אמרים מלוקט מפי סופרים וספרים להבין מעט מזעיר מה שכתוב כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאוד וגומר איך הוא קרוב בדרך ארוכה וקצרה בעזרת השם ית.

Written by the same hand on ff. 31v-32r: "A letter from my master and teacher". This letter was printed, with a few variations, as the introduction of the book Ha-Tanya.

Ff. 32v-42v: chapters 40-48 written in cursive Ashkenazi script.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Ff. 1-17 and 34-43: blue paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermarks (e.g. ff. 1, 12, 40, 43); ff. 18-33: blue paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 18)
Extent: 43 folios (43+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 187 × 113 mm.
Dimensions (written): 168 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation from ff. 3r-31 (f. 3r = f. א, f. 31r = כח).

Collation

11 quires: i4+1, ii-x4, xi2.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, iron gall ink corrosion, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Section headings in larger, square characters.

Running title.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive, cursive and square script.

Ff. 3r-32r: Sefardi semi-cursive script (imitation of Rashi script).

Ff. 32v-35r: Ashkenazi cursive script.

Ff. 35r-42v: Ashkenazi cursive script.

Decoration

Simple in decoration on the title page (f. 2r) and on f. 32r.

Additions:

F. 43v: a recipe for a lemon flavoured liquor, made by mixing ethyl alcohol, water and sugar.

Binding

Post-1600, cardboard covers and leather spine. Boxed.

History

Origin: 1775-1796 Last quarter of the 18th century (before 1796) Eastern Europe?

Provenance and Acquisition

Partially illegible ownership inscription(s) mentioning Slutsk (today in Belarus) on f. 1r: התניא הזה שייך לה... וחסיד ... ר' יוסף ... מסלוצק

Note on f. 43v: 'For Henry Drummond Esq. from Joseph Wolf'; on these owners, see Loewenthal, p. 101.

Bookplate on front pastedown: 'London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. Lincoln's Inn Fields'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1474; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 25 February 1932.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Naftali Loewenthal, 'Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi's Ktizur Likkutei Amarim British Library Or 10456', Studies in Jewish Manuscripts, eds. Joseph Dan, Klause Hermann, Johanna Hoornweg, Manuela Petzoldt (Tubingen: Mohn Siebeck, 1999), pp. 89-137.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10456 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Loewenthal, Naftali, 'Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi's Kitzur Likkutei Amarim British Library Or 10456', Studies in Jewish Manuscripts, eds. Joseph Dan, Klause Hermann, Johanna Hoornweg, Manuela Petzoldt (Tubingen: Mohn Siebeck, 1999), pp. 89-137.

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