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Or 9167

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032-003437828
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Or 9167
Title:
Kabbalistic miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
66 folios (ii+66+ii)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_9167 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Abraham ibn Asher
Azulai, Hayyim Joseph David, 1724-1806
Azulai, Hayyim Joseph David, 1724-1806
Eldad, ha-Dani, fl 9th century
Eldad, ha-Dani, fl 9th century
Lonzano, Menahem ben Judah de, 1550-
Lonzano, Menahem ben Judah de, 1550-
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Zelig mi-Ḳalish
ha-Levi, David ben Samuel, c 1586-1667
ha-Levi, David ben Samuel, c 1586-1667
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Or 9167

Kabbalistic miscellany

Contents

A collection of various kabbalistic works.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 66 folios (ii+66+ii)
Additions:

A fragment of a paper folio with magical incantations(?) is mounted on front flyleaf (ii)

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Works on Ḳabbalah & Halakhah. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9167.'

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of Dr. H. Rosenberg. 8 July 1922.'; date of accession 14 July 1922.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-9r
Author: לונזו, מנחם בן יהודה די Lonzano, Menahem ben Judah de, 1550-
Title: אמרי אמת
Title: ʾImre ʾEmet

A commentary on Sifra de-tseniʿuta, a kabbalistic work based on the teaching of Isaac Luria.

F. 1r: אמר מנחם בן יהודה לונזאנו ז"ל.

Colophon:
ff. 10r-16v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: שערי קדושה (חלק ד)
Title: Shaʿare ḳedushah (Ḥeleḳ 4)

A Kabbalistic work on rewards and punishments, compiled from the writings of Ḥayyim Vital by Abraham ibn Asher.

Colophon:
ff. 16v-34v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: דרך חיים
Title: Derekh ḥayim

Colophon:
ff. 34v-46v
Author: ויטל, חיים בן יוסף Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620
Title: לקוטים בענין השגת האדם
Title: Liḳuṭim be-ʿinyan haśagat ha-ʾadam

Begins סוד המלבוש אחר שנתלבשה הנשמה...

F. 35v: אני הצעיר חיים חברתי בחיבור זה ליקוטין כל אשר מצאתי מפוזר בספרים בענין השגת האדם

F. 46r: עד כאן הועתק מכ"י מהרח"ו זלה"ה

Colophon:
ff. 47r-52v
Author: אלדד הדני Eldad, ha-Dani, active 9th century
Title: אלדד הדני
Title: Eldad ha-dani

F. 50r: ואלו הן הלכות שחיטה.

Colophon:
ff. 52v-59r
Author: דוד בן שמואל הלוי David ben Samuel, ha-Levi, approximately 1586-1667
Title: הגהות וחדושים
Title: Hagahot ṿe-ḥidushim

Corrections and additions made by David ben Samuel to his Ṭure zahav. Copied from his own revised manuscript. F. 53r: הועתק אות באות מגופ המחבר הכתב של בעל המחבר ט"ז ז"ל מה שמחק בעצמו כל מה שטעה בחיבורו ומה שחידש חידושי דין והועתק מספר טור זהב אשר נמצא ביד המוכיח מהר"ר זעליג מקאליש זצ:ל שהיה יושב באוהל של תורה בבית מדרשו של הקצין המפורסם כהר"ר בערמן סגל מהלברשטאט - והובא לבית הדפוס ע"י בנו מהר"ר מאיר יצ"ו לזכות את הרבים.

Mentions Zelig mi-Ḳalish on f. 53r.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 2,3).
Extent: 66 folios (ii+66+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 159 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 9v, 46v, 59v are blank.

Collation

8 quires: ithree (ff. 1-3), ii6 (ff. 4-9), iii8 (ff. 10-17), iv8+1 (ff. 18-26), v8 (ff. 27-34), vi-vii6 (ff. 35-40, 41-46), vii10 (ff. 47-56), viiithree (ff. 57-59).

Catchword on almost every page.

Condition

Worm damage, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive and square scripts of the 18th century.

II

Contents

ff. 60r-65v
Author: אזולאי, חיים יוסף דוד Azulaï, Hayyîm Joseph David, 1724-1806
Title: זהב סגור
Title: Zahav sagur

F. 60r: line 7: ואני(?)הצעיר חיים יוספ דוד אזולאי; perhaps autograph?

Kabbalistic notes.

F. 65v: diagram.

Colophon:
ff. 66r-66v
Author: אזולאי, חיים יוסף דוד Azulaï, Hayyîm Joseph David, 1724-1806
Title: חדושים בהלכה
Title: Ḥidushim ba-halakhah

This leaf is probably from a different manuscript.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Thinner paper with laid lines and chain lines; unidentified watermark (f. 64).
Extent: 66 folios (ii+66+ii)
Dimensions (leaf): 159 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

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

F. 61v is blank.

Collation

Indeterminable due to tight binding.

Catchword on most pages.

Condition

Worm damage, usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Additional Information

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_9167 (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. 158.

Funding of Cataloguing

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