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Or 10779

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Or 10779
Title:
Sefer ha-derushim by Ḥayyim Vital
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
49 folios (ii+49+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Shemuʾel Podila
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
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Or 10779

Sefer ha-derushim by Ḥayyim Vital

Contents

A collection of sermons.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-49v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: ספר הדרושים (קטע)
Title: Sefer ha-derushim (ḳeṭaʿ)

Among the included: סדר האצילות בקיצור מופלג by Hayyim Vital, with Isaac Luria’s (ha-Ari's) responsum to Rabbi Shemuʾel Podila.

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: crown with a cresent on top (e.g. ff. 31-32).
Extent: 49 folios (ii+49+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 141 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 103 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink: f. 3 = f. פד; upper outer corner of ff. 1-2 are missing. Hebrew foliation shows that at least 81 leaves are missing from the beginning.

Collation

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, water damage.

F. 1 is incomplete.

Burnt damage on f. 2.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 17th-18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

M. Gaster's(?) note on front flyleaf (ii)r: 'כוונות (דרושים) Aleppo'.

Binding

Post-1600, blue cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '963 קבלה'.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 963; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 18 March 1931.

Record Sources

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

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