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Or 10607

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Or 10607
Title:
ha-Sheʿarim by Ḥayyim Vital
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
118 folios (i+118+i)
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Sadbun, Yosef ben Yeshuah, fl 18th century
Sadbun, Yosef ben Yeshuah, fl 18th century
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
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Or 10607

ha-Sheʿarim by Ḥayyim Vital

Contents

Kabbalistic treatise containing Shaʿar Ruaḥ ha-Ḳodesh ṿeha-yiḥudim of ha-Sheʿarim.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-118v
Author: Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620 ויטל, חיים בן יוסף
Title: ha-Sheʿarim (Shaʿar Ruaḥ ha-Ḳodesh ṿeha-yiḥudim)
Title: השערים (שער רוח הקדש והיחודים)

F. 1r: שער רוח הקדש והוא שער היחודים.

With marginal notes, many by Yosef Sadbun; e.g. see marginal note on f. 82v: א"ה יוסף סדבון.

In a marginal note at the bottom on f. 113v: ע"ה משה חיים זכרשני[?] יצ"ו.

Ff. 114r-115v: indices beginning: אמר הצעיר רפאל בן ... כמוהר"ר מסעוד זצ"ל המכונה בן יתאח ראיתי לעשות מפתחות לזה הספר.

F. 116r-118r: תפלה קודם היחוד, and charms.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 117-118).
Extent: 118 folios (i+118+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 148 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.

F. 51v is blank.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves.

Catchword on most versos.

Condition

Worm damage, water damage, usage stains.

Collation is falling apart.

Hand(s)

Oriental (North African) Hebrew cursive and square script of the 18th century.

Binding

Post-1600, quarter-bound with leather spine and marble paper covers. Marble paper pastedowns.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'כונות שער רוח הקודש 652'.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 652; 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.

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