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Or 10809

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Or 10809
Title:
Kabbalistic miscellany
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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:
36 folios (i+36+i)
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1600-1699
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CE
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Names:
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570
Galante, Abraham ben Mordecai, kabbalist and scholar, d before 1559,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/255644890
Galante, Abraham ben Mordecai, kabbalist and scholar, d before 1559,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/255644890
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10809

Kabbalistic miscellany

Contents

A collection of kabbalistic works.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various kinds of paper.
Extent: 36 folios (i+36+i)

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Binding

Post-1600, black cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '954 קבלה ישנה'

History

Origin: 1600-1699 17th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 954; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 20 October 1930.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-6v
Title: מעין החכמה שנתן מיכאל לפאלי ופאלי למשה: מחוג העיון
Title: Maʿayan ha-ḥokhmah she-natan Mikhaʾel le-Fali u-Fali le-Mosheh: mi-ḥug ha-ʿiyun

F. 1r: זה ספר מעין החכמה.

Published in Otsar ha-Midrashim, pp. 307-311.

References

ג’ שלום, ראשית הקבלה, עמ’ 256-255 מס’ 2.
ff. 7r-8v
Title: תפלת רב המנונא
Title: Tefilat Rav Hamnuna
Incipit: תפלת רב המנונה(!) סבא f. 7r

F. 7v: אמר רב המנונה(!) סבא תפלה זו מסר לי ששואל ש"ה

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle with star on top (ff. 4-5).
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 162 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

A single quire of 7+1 leaves.

Condition

Water damage, mould, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

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

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 9r-23r
Title: שערי צדק לתלמידו של אברהם אבולפעיה
Title: Shaʿare tsedeḳ le-talmido shel Avraham Abulafiah

Composed by one of Abulafia's disciples; about the identity of the author, see M. Idel, New Perspectives.

References

מ’ אידל, שלם, ספר שביעי, ירושלים תשס"ב, עמ’ 47-58.
Idel, Moshe, Kabbalah: New Perspectives (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988), pp. 333 n69, 387 n161.
ff. 23v-26v
Title: פתיחת הלב: קבלה מעשית
Title: Petiḥat ha-lev: Ḳabalah maʻaśit

Contains ḳemeʿot, divine names, and tserufim (combinations of letters).

Maimonides is mentioned on f. 24r: והרב ז"ל אמ’ במורה הנבוכים.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle with star on top (ff. 11, 14, 25-26).
Extent: 18 folios (ff. 9-26)
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 152 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

3 quires: i8 (ff. 9-16, 17-24), iii2 (ff. 25-26).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, mould, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

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

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 27r-28v
Title: פרוש סוד השמונה מלכים
Title: Perush sod ha-Shemonah melakhim

F. 27r: פי’ סוד הח’ מלכים

Abraham Galante and Moses Cordobero are mentioned on f. 27r written in a different hand: נעתק נספריו של מהחכם השלם מוהר"ר אברהם גלאנטי נ"ע ששמע מרבו החכם השלם כמה"ר משה קורדואירו נ"ע זצק"ל.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 2 folios (ff. 27-28)
Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 124 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Condition

Water damage, mould, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and cursive scripts of the 17th century.

Decoration

Additions:

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 29r-30v
Title: כונות התפלה (קטע)
Title: Kaṿanot ha-tefilah (ḳetaʿ)

On Birkhat ha-shaḥar.

ff. 31r-36v
Title: דרושים על דרך הקבלה
Title: Derushim ʿal derekh ha-ḳabalah

Incomplete at the beginning and at the end and lacuna between ff. 33 and 34.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 8 folios (ff. 29-36)
Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

2 Quires: itwo (ff. 29-30), ii6 (ff. 31-36).

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, mould, iron gall ink corrosion, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Very narrow inner and outer margins.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive script of the 17th century.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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