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Or 9164

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032-003391245
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Or 9164
Title:
Kabbalistic miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
325 folios (ii+325+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9164 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, 1570-1643
Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, 1570-1643
H. Rosenberg
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
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Or 9164

Kabbalistic miscellany

Contents

A collection of kabbalistic works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-28v
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: כנף רננים
Title: Kenaf renanim
Incipit: להיות ענין השכלים הפירושים... מדרגה אחר מדרגה אחר מדרגה מהן בסוד אב... שלהם שתי ...

Containing mystical interpretations of the liturgy, based upon the Ḳaṿanot compiled by Ḥayyim Ṿital from the oral lectures of Isaac Luria.

ff. 29r-100r
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: מעשה חושב
Title: Maʿaśeh ḥoshev

Kabbalistic treatise on religious duties, based upon the lectures of Isaac Luria.

ff. 101r-127r
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: כנף רננים
Title: Kenaf renanim
Incipit: החלק השלישי כנפי רוח

Part 3 of Kenaf renanim.

ff. 130r-150v
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: לקוטים
Title: Liḳuṭim

ff. 152r-168r
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: תקון העולמות
Title: Tiḳun ha-ʿolamot

ff. 171r-182v
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643
Title: לקוטים
Title: Liḳuṭim

ff. 183r-234v
Author: אזולאי, אברהם בן מרדכי (מחבר משוער) Azulai, Abraham ben Mordecai, approximately 1570-1643 (attributed to)
Title: מאמר על אור המקיף, עשר ספירות ואצילות
Title: Maʾamar ʿal ʾor ha-maḳef, ʿaśar sefirot ṿe-ʾatsilut
Incipit: כשעלה ברצונו י"ת לרבא את העולם להטיב את ברואיו

Incomplete at the end.

ff. 235r-310v
Title: לקוטים
Title: Liḳuṭim

ff. 311r-312v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: באור על מגלת איכה על דרך הקבלה
Title: Beʾur ʿal Megilat Ekhah ʿal derekh ha-ḳabalah

Incomplete.

f. 313r
Title: לקוטים
Title: Liḳuṭim

ff. 316r-325r
Title: תולדות האר"י
Title: Toldot ha-Ari

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (ff. 176, 177).
Extent: 325 folios (ii+325+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 158 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 112/120 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.

Ff. 25v, 47v, 100v, 127v-129v, 148v, 151r-151v, 168r-170v, 214v, 244v, 266v, 269v, 287r-287v, 292v-293v, 297r-297v, 298v, 300v-302v, 304v, 306r-306v, 313v-315v, 325v are blank.

Collation

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage, mould, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.

Some leaves have been fixed.

Layout

Columns:1

Number of written lines per page varies.

Ruling is visible in places.

Numerous blank pages.

Hand(s)

Italo-Ashkenazi and Italian Hebrew cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.

Ff. 183r-209v: Italian Hebrew cursive and square script.

Ff. 311r-312v: Oriental Hebrew cursive script.

Decoration

Additions:

Title on front flyleaf (ii)v upside down: ס' מעשה חושב להרב חסד לאברהם זצ"ל וכנף רננים (the image is rotated in the digital surrogate for readibility).

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Abraham Azulai. Kanphe Renanim & Maʿaseh Ḥosheb. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9164.'

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)v: 'Bought of Dr. H. Rosenberg. 8 July 1922.'; date of accession 17 July 1922.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9164 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 1977, 4 vols), vol. IV, p. 157.

Funding of Cataloguing

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