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Or 16092

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032-003410384
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Or 16092
Title:
ʾEmet Yaʿaḳov by Yaʿaḳov Marrasch of Tetouan
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
64 folios (64+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
Era:
CE
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Names:
Magari (Marrache), Yaʿaḳov ben Shemuel, fl 17th century
Magari (Marrache), Yaʿaḳov ben Shemuel, fl 17th century
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Or 16092

ʾEmet Yaʿaḳov by Yaʿaḳov Marrasch of Tetouan

Contents

A commentary on Idra Raba, a tractate of the Zohar.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-64v
Author: מרג’י, יעקב, מטטואן Maragi(Marrache), Yaʿaḳov ben Shemuel, of Tétouan, active 17th century
Title: אמת ליעקב
Title: Emet le-Yaʻaḳov

Running title in the MS: פירו האדגרא רבא

An unpublished commentary on the Idra Raba comprising a description of the gathering of Simeon bar Yoḥai and his companions.

See also, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Oppenheim 405 and MS Michael 94.

Colophon: מצאתי קונטרס אחד פה ליגורנא [=ליוורנו] והעתקתי אותו וזה הפירוש עשה אותו הח’ המקובל אחד מתושבי טאטואן יע"א ושמו החכם יעקב מארג’י נרו וקרא שמו אמת ליעקב f. 64v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 4, 54)
Extent: 64 folios (64+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 158 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 125 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.

Collation

8 quires of 8 leaves (ff. 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40, 41-48, 49-56, 57-64).

Catchword on every page.

Condition

A few usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Running title.

A few marginal notes.

Hand(s)

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

Additions:

Paper slip glued onto back flyleaf (i)r: a list of the tractates of the Mishnah in a different order than usual.

Binding

Poat-1600, half-bound dark brown leather binding.

Labels on spine: '... ופירוש האדרא רבה כ"י, 'Montefiore MS. 345'.

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century Italy (Livorno)

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription by Natan Noah on f. 1r: זה חלקי מכל עמלי שפל רוח נתן נח ס"ט.

Montefiore Library, MS 345: black oval stamp of Ramsgate on ff. 1r and 64v.

Acquired in 2004 from the Montefiore Endowment via Sotheby's.

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_16092 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Hirschfeld, Hartwig. Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew mss. of the Montefiore Library (London, 1904), p. 103.
    Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004 (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p. 481, lot 418.

Funding of Cataloguing

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