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Or 10645
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- Title:
- Kaṿanot ha-tefilah ṿe-sodot by Ḥayyim Vital
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 182 folios (i+182+i)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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- CE
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Or 10645
Kaṿanot ha-tefilah ṿe-sodot by Ḥayyim Vital
Contents
Kabbalistic discourses by the school of Luria-Vital.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-182vTitle: כונות התפלה וסודותTitle: Kaṿanot ha-tefilah ṿe-sodotIncludes the mystical intentions (kaṿanot) of the prayer, secrets and homiletic commentaries.
On the top of f. 52r it is written ר’ אליהו די וידאש (Rabbi Elijah ben Moses de Vidas), but the entire extract can be found in Hayyim Vital’s book Liḳuṭe Torah in Parashat Shelah.
F. 55r: דרוש אדם קדמון אויר קדמון homiletic commentary on primordial man and on primordial ether.
F. 58r: notes on the Ten Sefirot.
F. 168v: homiletic commentary on א"ט ב"ח: דרוש א"ט ב"ח והוא לבאר האלפא ביתא זו על תיקון הנקבה.
Ff. 180-182 are from a different manuscript.
Incomplete at the beginning and end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 182 folios (i+182+i)Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 147 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink. F. 1 = f. ח, showing that at least 7 leaves are missing from the beginning.
Several blank pages in the collation.
Collation
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Collation is cracked.
Worm damage, usage stains.
Ff. 180-182: water damage; previous repair of f. 182.
F. 28 is torn.
Layout
Columns:1 2
F. 42r: manicula in lower margin.
Hand(s)
Sefardi (Turkish) Hebrew cursive and square script of the 17th century.
Binding
Post-1600. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '640 קבלה'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 640; 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_10645 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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