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Or 10618
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- Or 10618
- Title:
- Mevo sheʿarim by Ḥayyim Vital
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 267 folios (iv+267+i)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1771
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1771-1799
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10618
Mevo sheʿarim by Ḥayyim Vital
Contents
Introduction to the kabbalistic work Shemonah Sheʿarim.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-267vTitle: מבוא שעריםTitle: Mevo sheʿarimIncipit: ... נתחברו חבור גמור אבל נשאר ביניהם חלל מועט ודע כי האור הזה אינו דבקFf. 244v-248r: השער הראשון חלק א' בו נשאר במה שהוא קודם אל האצילות.
With commentaries and notes in the margins, and with commentaries by Tzemah (e.g. f. 81v: צמח אמר..., f. 169r צמח בעץ החיים במקום זה...), and by Yaʿaḳov Toledano (1690-1771) On f. 172r: מצאתי כת"י החכם השלם ההר' יעקב טולידאני נר"ו וז"ל ("I have found the writings of the perfect sage ... Rabbi Yaʿaḳov Toledano").
On ff. 249r-261v: notes and commentaries, most probably on Mavo Sheʿarim, which end with: ע"כ מצאתי כתובים בידי אהובינו כהר’ שלמה טאפיירו נר"ו ("these are the writings I found by our beloved the honourable Rabbi Shlomoh Tapiero").
Ff. 262r-267v: סדר נכון ליכנס לחכמת הקבלה ("the correct order to enter the wisdom of the kabbalah"), and the names of God with their mystical intentions (kaṿanot).
Incomplete at the beginning.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; circles? (e.g. ff. 93, 134)Extent: 267 folios (iv+267+i)Dimensions (leaf): 197 × 145 mm.Dimensions (written): 142 × 103 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation by the scribe covering also the blank folios. F. 1 = f. ג; that is at least 2 leaves are missing from the beginning.
Collation
Mostly quires of 8-10 leaves.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Water damage, mould, worm damage.
Collation is falling apart, detached from the spine.
Pasteboard covers with printer's waste are coming apart.
Ff. 1-6 are in an especially bad condition; earlier repairs cover some of the text.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 25 27
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger square script.
Ruling (outer lines of the textblock) is visible in places.
Running title added by a different, probably later hand.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th century.
Binding
Quarter-bound, pasteboard covers and leather spine. Boxed.
Label on the spine: ' 278 ספר מבוא שערים'.
History
Origin: 1771-1799 18th century (not before 1771)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 278; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 22 February 1928.
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_10618 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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