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Or 10838

Record Id:
032-003399395
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Or 10838
Title:
Genizah fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
17 folios (i+17+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10838 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1400-1799
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
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Yeshaʻyah ben Yosef, ha-Leṿi, mi-mishpaḥat Lev,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000434157268,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308284197
Yeshaʻyah ben Yosef, ha-Leṿi, mi-mishpaḥat Lev,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000434157268,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308284197
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10838

Contents

Genizah fragments

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 15th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 17 folios (i+17+ii)

Binding

Post-1600, white cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '1300 קבלה'.

History

Origin: 1400-1799 15th-18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo Genizah

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1300; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 January 1932.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-6v
Title: חבור בקבלה לורינית (קטע)
Title: Ḥibur be-Ḳabalah Lurianit (ḳeṭaʿ)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle (ff. 3-4).
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 219 × 158 mm.
Dimensions (written): 152 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 6 leaves.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, dirt, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 7r-8v
Author: לוריא, יצחק (האר"י) Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Title: ספר הדרושים (קטע)
Title: Sefer ha-derushim (ḳeṭaʿ)

Possibly from the Cairo genizah.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 7-8)
Dimensions (leaf): 217 × 158 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Catchword on the verso sides.

Condition

Usage stains, dirt, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 9r-12r
Author: ישעיהו בן יוסף, מתבריז Yeshaʿyah ben Yosef, ha-Leṿi, mi-mishpaḥat Lev
Title: חיי הנפש (קטע)
Title: Ḥaye ha-nefesh (ḳeṭaʿ)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios (ff. 9-12)
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 146 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160/170 × 103 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Condition

Water damage, dirt, faded ink.

Leaves in a very poor condition, loss of text.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script.

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 13r-13v
Title: Unidentified kabbalistic fragment
Incipit: שלשה מחיצות במרכבה ונקראים יסורים מהם יסורי של

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 1 folio (f. 13)
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 151 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Condition

Iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script.

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 14r-15v
Title: פרוש אגדות התלמוד
Title: Perush ʾagadot ha-Talmud

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 14-15)
Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 156 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 92 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

A single bifolio.

Condition

Leaves are in poor, fragile condition, usage stains, loss of text.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 15th-16th century.

History

Origin: 1400-1599 15th-16th century

Provenance

VI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 16r-17v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: פרי עץ חיים (קטע)
Title: Peri ʾets ḥayim (ḳeṭaʿ)

Possibly from the Cairo genizah.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 16-17)
Dimensions (leaf): 223 × 156 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 116 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.

Collation

Condition

Iron gall ink corrosion, loss of text, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive and square script.

Additional Information

Record Sources

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

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