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Or 14056

Record Id:
032-003391457
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Or 14056
Title:
Kabbalistic miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
78 folios (i+78+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Names:
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, fl 13th century
Fluiters Casado, Rafael,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/21907299
Fluiters Casado, Rafael,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/21907299
Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, 1250-1305
Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, 1250-1305
ha-Kohen, Jacob ben Jacob, 1200-1270,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97324044,
ha-Kohen, Jacob ben Jacob, 1200-1270,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97324044,
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 14056

Kabbalistic miscellany

Contents

A collection of kabbalistic texts.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-1v
Author: Jacob ben Jacob, ha-Kohen, -approximately 1270 יעקב בן יעקב הכהן
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Title: Perush ʿeśer sefirot
Incipit: מסתרי הרמב"ן ז"ל
Explicit: הספירה השבעית היא

Incomplete at the end.

Colophon:
ff. 2r-5r
Author: אברהם בן אלכסנדר מקולוניא Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, active 13th century
Title: כתר שם טוב
Title: Keter shem ṭov
Incipit: וכל העושה זאת ...
Explicit: תם

Incomplete at the beginning.

Colophon:
f. 5r
Author: Jacob ben Jacob, ha-Kohen, -approximately 1270 יעקב בן יעקב הכהן
Title: סוד הציצית
Title: Sod ha-tsitsit

Colophon:
ff. 5v-15r
Author: Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305 משה בן שם טוב, די לאון
Title: סודות וטעמים בקבלה
Title: Sodot ṿe-ṭeʿamim ba-ḳabalah
Incipit: סוד ענין ויהי נועם
Explicit: אמן

Partially by Moses de Leon; cf. The Schocken Institute for Jewish Research Jerusalem Israel Ms. 13161.

F. 11r: מצאתי שכת’ מקובל פרש’ תרומה על דרך הקבלה.

Colophon:

References

ג’ שלום, ספר אסף, עמ’ 467 הערה 34
ג’ שלום, קרית ספר י’, עמ’ 170
ff. 18v-23r
Title: פרוש שם בן שבעים ושתים
Title: Perush shem ben shivʿim ve-shayim
Incipit: ... אל הפועל והוא באמת אם לא ...
Explicit: תם

Colophon:
ff. 23v-31v
Author: Naḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270 משה בן נחמן
Title: אגרת הקדש
Title: Igeret ha-ḳodesh
Incipit: שער הקדושה
Explicit: אמן נמח סלה

Colophon:

References

ראה ג’ שלום, קרית ספר כא (תש"ד-תש"ה), עמ’ 179 ואילך
ff. 33r-34v
Title: סודות ולקוטים בקבלה
Title: Sodot ṿe-liḳuṭim ba-kabalah
Incipit: סוד ההבדלה
Explicit: תם

R. David Kohen Tsedeḳ is mentioned on f. 68v : שאלה מהרב ר’ דוד כהן צדק.

Colophon:
ff. 35r-35v
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Title: Perush ʿeśer sefirot
Incipit: ביאור מענין הקבלה
Explicit: תם

Colophon:
ff. 35v-40v
Title: סודות בקבלה
Title: Sodot ba-ḳabalah
Incipit: סוד סוכה
Explicit: תם

Contains: Sod sukah, Sod Rosh ha-Shanah, Sod ṭaʿam lulav, Ṭaʿam ḥamets u-matsah, etc.

Colophon:
ff. 40v-41r
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Title: Perush ʿeśer sefirot
Incipit: סוד עשר ספירות
Explicit: נגד מעלה

Colophon:
ff. 41r-44v
Title: פרוש שם בן שבעים ושתים
Title: Perush shem ben shivʿim ve-shetayim
Incipit: אבא בתחלת פי' של ע"ב

Colophon:
ff. 44v-46v
Title: חבור בקבלה
Title: Ḥibur ba-ḳabalah
Incipit: ועתה בני החכם הנה ביארתי לך הגדולות ...
Explicit: תם

ff. 46v-50r
Title: ספר התמונה
Title: Sefer ha-temunah
Incipit: סוד התמונה

ff. 53r-53v
Title: פרוש עשר ספירות
Title: Perush ʿeśer sefirot
Incipit: נצח וכבר ביארנו כי החסד יהי הימין
Explicit: תם ונשלם

ff. 53v-78v
Title: לקוטים בקבלה
Title: Liḳuṭim ba-ḳabalah
Incipit: סוד גדול ונשגב מספר

Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th-16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. f. 73).
Extent: 78 folios (i+78+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 202 × 146 mm.
Dimensions (written): 148 × 92 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 15v, 18r, 32r, 32v, 50v-52v are blank.

2 unfoliated blank leaves after f. 15.

Collation

9 quires: i2, ii-vi10, vii10-1, viii10, ix8-1.

No catchword. Signatures added by a later hand and go from left to right.

Condition

Water damage, text faded in many places, sometimes illegible.

Iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Uniform layout.

Section headings in larger, semi-cursive script.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Sefardi cursive and semi-cursive script of the 15th-16th century.

Binding

Post-1600 binding. Brown cloth covers.

On spine: Sassoon number and label with title: '596 מסתרי הרמב"ן'; Title added at the BL: 'Misthevē ha-Ramban. Hebrew. Brit. Lib. Oriental MS. 14056'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

David Solomon Sassoon collection, no. 596.

Acquired by the British Library from the Sassoon Collection; date of accession 3 February 1983.

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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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14056 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Sassoon, David Solomon, Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London. Compiled by D. S. Sassoon ... With seventy-three facsimiles (London: Oxford University Press, 1932), vol. I, pp. 427-429.
    ‫ ג’ שלום, קרית ספר י (תרצ"ג-תרצ"ד), עמ’ 170. ‬

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