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Or 5433

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032-003429901
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Or 5433
Title:
Philosophical miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
95 folios (i+95+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5433 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1559
End Date:
1559
Date Range:
1559
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Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Names:
Almoli, Solomon ben Jacob, fl 16th century - 17th century
Almoli, Solomon ben Jacob, fl 16th century - 17th century
Khorasani, Judah ben Joseph
S. Raffalovich
חפץ, עמנואל
כרסני, יהודה בן יוסף
Ḥefets, ʿImanuʾel
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 5433

Philosophical miscellany

Contents

Aron ha-ʿedut by Judah ben Joseph followed by three shorter philosophical treatises.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-88r
Author: כרסני, יהודה בן יוסף Khorasani, Judah ben Joseph
Title: ארון העדות
Title: Aron ha-ʿedut
Incipit: מאמר ארון העדות שיבר ר' יהודה בר יוסף נ"ע אלכרסאני במאסר

At the beginning on f. poem about the author beginning אם תשאלה על מחזה חיות יחזקאל או סוד and finishes ראו ספר אשר חבר יהודה בן גביר יוסף בעת נאסר בבית מאסר הכינו קראהו בתוך קבר ומטרה בכרסאני שמו נקרא ביום זעם וגם עברה ארון עדות וסוד תורה.

Name of the patron in the colophon is erased.

Colophon: אני יוסף בן שם טוב זצ"ל כתבתי זה הספר לה... ... האל יזכהו ללמוד בו ובספר אחרים בתורת יי חפצו ... וסיימתי אותו יום ו' ערב ראש השנה כ"ט באלול שנת השי"ט ליצירה פה קושטנדינה f. 88r
f. 89r
Author: חפץ, עמנואל Ḥefets, ʿImanuʾel
Title: מאמר על הצלחת הקנינים המדומים
Title: Maʾamar ʿal hatslaḥat ha-ḳinyanim ha-medumim
Incipit: דע כי ההצלחות שתים הצלחת הקנינים המדומים וההצלחה האחרונה והיא ההשארות הנצחי

Colophon:
ff. 90r-90v
Title: פרוש הקדיש
Title: Perush ha-Ḳadish
Incipit: הודו לה’ כי טוב בעיניו להתקלס מפני מה תקנו הגאונים לומ’ אלו עשרה דברים ביתגדל ויתקדש ומפני מה התחילו יתגדל ...

See also BAV 460, ff. 73v-74v; Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, MS 1265, ff. 31v-32r; and Munich, BSB, Cod. hebr. 222, ff. 80v-82v (http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLIS/en/ManuScript/Pages/Item.aspx?ItemID=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000128582).

Marginal note on f. 90r: נ"ל שהוא ט"ס שלמה א' ווערטהיימר

Colophon:
ff. 91r-95r
Author: אלמולי, שלמה Almoli, Solomon ben Jacob, active 15th century-16th century
Title: תמונת כל
Title: Temunat kol

Tractate on logic.

Colophon:

References

Kuyt, Annelies, 'With one Foot in the Renaissance: Shlomoh Almoli and his Dream Interpretation', JQR 6, no. 3 (1999), pp. 205-217, esp. 208.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermark.
Extent: 95 folios (i+95+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 88v and 89v are blank.

Collation

12 quires: i-viii8 (ff. 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40, 41-48, 49-56, 57-64) ix8-1 (ff. 65-71, x8 (ff. 72-79), xi10 (ff. 80-89), xii6 (ff. 90-95).

Condition

A few usage stains, water damage, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Ruling is visible.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Deleted note on f. 1r.

Binding

BM in-house.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'Yehudah b. Joseph. Arōn ha-ʿĒdūth. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. OR. 5433.'

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1559 Turkey (Istambul)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)vL 'Bought from S. Raffalovich'; date of accession September 1899.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_5433 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), vol. IV. p. 154.

Funding of Cataloguing

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