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Or 12313
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- Or 12313
- Title:
- Ḳehilat Yaʿaḳov by Moses Galante
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 124 folios (i+124+i)
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- Start Date:
- 1570
- End Date:
- 1578
- Date Range:
- 1570-1578
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12313
Ḳehilat Yaʿaḳov by Moses Galante
Contents
Kabbalistic commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-124rTitle: קהלת יעקב: פרוש קהלתTitle: Ḳehilat Yaʿaḳov: perush ḲoheletBeginning דברי קהלת בן דוד מלך בירושלים - ידוע ומפורסם כי השכל האנושי משתנה כפי השתנות הזמן...
The biblical text of Ecclesiastes is included.
With corrections, deletions and supplements by the author in the margins and between the lines. Possible autograph.
F. 9r, lines 23-24: כמו שבארנו הדרוש הזה באורך בפירוש מגלת שיר השירים אשר לי.
Ff. 47v, lines 24-25: ושמעתי מפי מורי החכם ... משה קורדואירו תנצב"ה (see also ff. 68v, 73v).
The author refers to Moses Cordovero as deceased, therefore it cannot have been written before 1570. This work was the second book published in Safed under the title Ḳohelet Yaʿaḳov in 1578, and this edition incorporates the alterations found in the manuscript. Consequently, the manuscript was most probably written between 1570 and 1578 (see Goldstein, A Possible Autograph', p. 17).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 124 folios (i+124+i)Dimensions (leaf): 266 × 188 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 115 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Indeterminable due to the fragile state of the volume.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains, liquid damage, dirt, collation is falling apart.
Very fragile leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 26
Written lines: 26
Uniform layout.
Biblical text is in square script, commentary is in semi-cursive script. Marginalia in cursive script.
Wide margins with numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 16th century.
Binding
Post-1600, green cloth binding. In phase box.
History
Origin: 1570-1578 Between 1570 and 1578.Provenance and Acquisition
Censor's signature on f. 124v dated 1598: 'Domenico Irosolomitano 1598'; and underneath: 'F. Emmanuel Ludovicus Romaninus N. Officij...'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 675; 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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12313 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Goldstein, David, 'A Possible Autograph of Moses ben Mordecai Galante' Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 13 (1980/81), pp. 17-19.Funding of Cataloguing
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