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Or 9861
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- Or 9861
- Title:
- Magical texts
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 63 folios (ii+63+ii)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1500-1599
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 9861
Magical texts
Contents
A collection of works on magic.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-38vTitle: תכלית האדםTitle: Takhlit ha-ʾadamAbbreviated Hebrew version of Picatrix, or Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm, an Arabic work on magic and astrology.
Use of characters of cryptic alphabet (e.g. ff. 5v, 6v, 36r).
F. 38v: ובכאן נשלם מה שהעתקתיו מספר אבי לקסיס מסלמה אבן אחמד אלמריטי אשר קראו ספר תכלית החכם
References
Idel, Mosheh, Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510: A Survey (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), pp. 206-207.Reimund Leicht, 'Toward a History of Astrological Literature in Hebrew: A Bibliographical Survey', in Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures, ed. G. Freudenthal (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. 289, n259.Kozodoy, Maud, The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), p. 261, n15.ff. 38v-40rTitle: נסיון מהמלמדTitle: Nisayon meha-melamedF. 38v: והתחלה ... מזמורי הי"ב מזלות
F. 39r: נסיון מאד רב ומעולה שנוסה פעמי' ... עי' אנשי' חכמי' ושרים גדולים לשים רוח חייוני ... וישמעהו בדברו למור מהמלמד הגדול דיקליס
ff. 40r-56rTitle: ספר נימוסיםTitle: Sefer nimusimReferences
"Picatrix" - Das Ziel des Weisen von Pseudo-Magrīṭī. (London: The Warburg Institute - University of London, 1962)p. 153, n6.ff. 56r-62vTitle: סגלות, קמעות, תרופות ומרשמים באלכימיהTitle: Segulot, ḳemeʿot, terufot ṿe-mirshamim ba-alkhimiyahUse of characters of cryptic alphabet (f. 57v).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 63 folios (ii+63+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 242 × 169 mm.Dimensions (written): 175/185 × 105 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Collation
8 quires: i-vii8, viiifive.
Catchword on most versos.
Condition
Water damage, usage stains, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 30
Written lines: 30
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger, square characters.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew semi-curive script of the 16th century.
Decoration
Additions:Ff. 62-63 are smaller parchment leaves from a different manuscript; palimsest with erased Latin script. F. 62 has Hebrew text written over the erased Latin script; f. 63 is blank except traces of the erased text on the recto side.
Paper leaf inserted into collation after f. 62 (called f. 62a in digital surrogate) with Italian inscription: 'Segreti ... e delle virtū d'alcuni salmi di Davide.'
Binding
BM in-house binding.
Title on spine: 'Al-Majrīṭī. Takhlīth he-Ḥākhām. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9861.'.
History
Origin: 1500-1599 16th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Acquired from Elhanan Nathan Adler (1861-1946): English author, lawyer, historian; aquisition note on back flyleaves (ii)v: 'Acquired by exchange from Mr. E. N. Adler. 14 April, 1928.'; date of accession 10 May 1928.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9861 (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. 160.Funding of Cataloguing
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