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Or 10734
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- 032-003399544
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- Or 10734
- Title:
- Kabbalistic writings
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 478 folios (iv+478+v)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10734 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10734
Kabbalistic writings
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic works by Isaac Luria and his disciples.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-478vTitle: לקוטים מדרושי האר"י, הרח"ו ותלמידיהםTitle: Liḳuṭim mi-derushe ha-Ari, ha-R. Ḥ. Ṿ. ṿe-talmidehemAt its head (f. 1r onwards) is Shimeʾon Kohen’s homiletic commentary on Shiʿur Ḳomah, which introduces the teachings of Israel Sarug, and begins with להוי ידוע לך שהב"ה מלא כל העולם; see Y. Avivi, Alei Sefer 11, p. 114.
Includes: "רמזים שקבלו מהרב המקובל הר"ר יעקב ארזי זלה"ה (f. 86r); "סוד תקיעת שופר ואינו מהרב זלה"ה אלא מהחכם קורדווירו זלה"ה" by Moses Cordovero (f. 349v); תפלת מזונות קודם אכילה מהר"ר אליהו די וידאש (f. 388r), and a homily which "Rabbi Yosef Don [i.e Don Don] heard from the mouth of the Rabbi" (דרוש ששמע כמהר"ר יוסף דון [צ"ל: דון דון] מפי הרב זלה"ה) (f. 389v).
In several places are commentaries by Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto.
Some of the compilations are to be found in the compilations of Efrayim Pants'iri. See Y. Avivi, Binyan Ari’el, p. 24.
Similar collections are found in MS Moscow, RSL, Guenzburg 55 (F 6737) which extends up to f. 267r in this manuscript and MS Washington, Library of Congress Hebr 38.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: letters TH in a crowned circle and a word underneath(e.g. ff. 207, 285).Extent: 478 folios (iv+478+v)Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 152 mm.Dimensions (written): 122 × 80 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe. It includes the two blank leaves before f. 1 (these are called 'front flyleaves' in the digital surrogate).
Collation
60 quires of 8 leaves. Quire i includes the two blank leaves before f. 1.
Signatures in Arabic numerals in ink at the beginning of the quire. Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Foxing, slight iron gall ink corrosion, usage stains, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 20
Written lines: 20
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Three green ribbon markers.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 17th-18th century.
Binding
Parchment binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '721 כתבים מתלמידי האר"י וג''.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Italy?Provenance and Acquisition
Note on front flyleaf (i)r written in Lviv (today in Ukraine): ב"ה יום ה' שמות ... פה לבוב
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 721; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 27 November 1929.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10734 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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