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Or 10602
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- 032-003436489
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- Format:
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- Or 10602
- Title:
- Kabbalistic miscellany
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 280 folios (no flyleaves)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1738
- End Date:
- 1739
- Date Range:
- 1738-1739
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- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Ḥazkuni, Abraham ben Hezekiah, d 1627
Ḥazkuni, Abraham ben Hezekiah, d 1627 - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10602
Kabbalistic miscellany
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic works by Ḥayyim Vital and Abraham Ḥazkuni.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-1vTitle: עץ חייםTitle: ʿEts ḥayimRunning title on ff. 1r-1v: חילופי גרסאות.
ff. 2r-11rTitle: שתי ידות: פרוש על הזהרTitle: Shte yadot: perush ʾal ha-ZoharUntil Bereshit Maʾamar 1 Yad 5.
F. 2r: אזהרה אל עין הקורא שלום יאמר לו - אמר אברהם [חזקוני] ... הקדמה לספר האדרות - אמר המגיה פי כפיו של ה"ה מהר"ר אברהם הנז'
Manicula on f. 11r (first line).
F. 6v: diagram of קומת היד.
ff. 12r-280rTitle: עץ חייםTitle: ʿEts ḥayimTitle is given as 'Derekh ʿets ḥayim' on f. 280r: כן נשלם ספר דרך עץ חיים.
F. 2r: הקדמה לספר זוהר והאדרות הקדשות.
With marginal notes. Note on f. 38r: הגהה זו מצא התורני ... מהור"ר יוסף מק"ק שאדווי בספר דע"ח בכ"י של המנוח מהור"ר אליעזר במהורר זעלקא מקופישאק והיא כתובה אצלו בקונטרס ואני ראיתי להעתיקה ולהעמידה במקומה.
Colophon at the end of the manuscript is from the scribe who copied ff. 12-280.
Front pastedown: lower half of the diagram of the Ten Sefirot.
F. 254v: diagram of the Ten Sefirot.
More diagrams e.g. on ff. 28v, 30v.
Colophon: ותחל מלאכת ההעתקה ביום שנכפל בו כי טוב ו’ ניסן תצ"ט לפ"ק ותכל ביום רביעי כ"ב אב שנת הנזכרת f. 280rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermarks (e.g. ff. 10, 35, 93-94).Extent: 280 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 193 × 164 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 118 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation: ff. 7-9 = ff. א-ג; Hebrew foliation restarts on f. 12.
Ff. 4v, 11v are blank.
Unfoliated leaf after f. 11.
Collation
Quires of mostly 4 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage, liquid damage.
Spine and covers are very damaged, collation is detached from spine, first and last several pages are worn and torn.
Burn damage on f. 66v.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Running title.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi cursive and square script of the 18th century.
Binding
Post-1600, quarter-bound, with marble paper covers.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'ס' עץ חיים 644'.
History
Origin: 1738-1739Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription (?) in pencil on the verso of the unfoliated leaf after f 11.
Stamp of the Bet ha-Midrash ha-Gadol of Orly e.g. on ff. 2r, 65v, 154r, 183r, 240r, and 279v: בהמ"ד הגדול דק"ק אורלי.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 644; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 September 1929.
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).Availability
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