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Or 10357
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- 032-003390779
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10357
- Title:
- Ḥaye beśarim by Isaac Ḥayyim Cantarini
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 96 folios (96+vii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- 1775
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- Era:
- CE
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Or 10357
Ḥaye beśarim by Isaac Ḥayyim Cantarini
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic prescriptions (segulot).
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-96vTitle: חיי בשריםTitle: Ḥaye beśarimTitle page on f. 2r: ספר חיי בשרים והוא חיבור מכמה סגולות ורפואות לקוטות מספרי חכמי מערב ופולוניה ...
At the beginning of the manuscript, on f. 3r there is an introduction written by the copyist: אליך קורא ידיד כי הספר הזה העתקתי אותו כמה פעמים ובכל פעם חזרתי על הכתוב למען לא יצא מידי דבר שאינו מתוקן הן בשמות הן בנקודות ומידי עברי מעיר בונה מצאתי את שאהבה נפשי ועמדנו עליו בעיון רב אך שמענה ואתה דע לך כי בדברים אלו העיקר הוא הטהרה והפרישות ולהבדל מהבלי העולם ועניניו לכן השמר אל תפן אל און וה' ישמרך מכל רע ישמר את נפשך אכי"ר.
Cryptic alphabet (ff. 9r-12r).
Numerous diagrams embedded into the text (e.g. ff. 13r, 28r-30v, 35v, 48v, 52v, 85r).
Ff. 91v-92r: short treatise on palmistry (chiromancy), with full-page hand diagram on f. 92r.
Ff. 93r-96v: index.
Colophon: ...נעתק פה תוניס ע"ה ... שנת אם י’ת’מ’ה’מ’ה’ חכ’ה’ לי כי ב’א יבא ולא יאחר f. 2rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 11, 8), countermark: 'R. I.' (e.g. f. 7), 'C' (e.g. f. 5).Extent: 96 folios (96+vii)Dimensions (leaf): 157 × 115 mm.Dimensions (written): 115/130 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 4v are blank.
55 unfoliated leaves after f. 90 (they are not displayed in the digital surrogate).
Collation
18 quires: ifour, ii-xviii8. Quire i contains an unfoliated leaf after f 1; quire xi contains ff. 84-90 + an unfoliated blank leaf; quires xii-xvii contain only unfoliated leaves; quire xviii contains 6 unfoliated blank leaves and ff. 91-92.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, water damage.
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 24 25
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive and square script; mostly unvocalised.
Ff. 84v-87v: Oriental cursive and semi-cursive script by two hands.
Decoration
Title page in full border with ink decoration.
F. 4r: the Seal of Bilar/Bilad: חותם בילאד
F. 92r: image of a palm for chiromancy (palmistry).
Additions:Ff. 85v-87v: Oriental Hebrew cursive script, probably added later by another hand.
Ff. 88r-89v: Italian Hebrew cursive script probably written by a different hand.
Binding
Parchment binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '443 ס' חיי בשרים סגולות ורפואות'.
History
Origin: 1775 Tunisia (Tunis)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 443; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 28 March 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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10357 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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