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Or 10780

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032-003392208
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10780
Title:
Sefer ḥezyonot by Ḥayyim Vital
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
21 folios (ii+21+ii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1620
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1620-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
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Or 10780

Sefer ḥezyonot by Ḥayyim Vital

Contents

Assembled autobiographical notes.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-21v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: ספר החזיונות
Title: Sefer ha-ḥezyonot

F. 1r: זה ספר שבחי הרב הגדול המקובל האלהי כמוהר"ר חיים ויטאל זלה"ה מה שעלה בימיו עם הרב האר"י ז"ל.

F. 1r: אמרתי אני אל לבי טוב לי להעתיק קונטרי אחד אשר כתב מר זקני הרב זלה"ה .

Colophon: וזולתי הועתק מכ"י בן בנו של הרב מוהרח"ו זיעא f. 1r
Colophon: תושלב"ע אני הכותב יצחק בכ"ר אברהם היכיני f. 21v

References

Avivi, Y., Ḳabalat ha-ʾAri, vol. 2, pp. 713-716.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark (e.g. ff. 3-4) with countermark 'G.V.' (e.g. f. 3).
Extent: 21 folios (ii+21+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 153 mm.
Dimensions (written): 173 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in ink.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 33

Uniform layout.

Justified left margins.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Ruling in pencil is visible (only vertical lines defining the margins).

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive and square script of the 17th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, blue cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'שבחי הארי 964'.

History

Origin: 1620-1699 17th century (not before 1620)

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 964; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 18 March 1831.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10780 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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