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Or 10706

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Or 10706
Title:
Shaʿare orah by Joseph Gikatilla
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
186 folios (ii+186+i)
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
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CE
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, kabbalist and scholar, 1248-1325
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, kabbalist and scholar, 1248-1325
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Or 10706

Shaʿare orah by Joseph Gikatilla

Contents

A kabbalistic treatise on the Divine Names and the Ten Sefirot.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-186v
Author: ג’יקטיליה, יוסף בן אברהם Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, 1248-
Title: שערי אורה
Title: Shaʿare orah

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Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: deer in shield (e.g. ff. 172-173).
Extent: 186 folios (ii+186+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 192 × 122 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

23 quires: i-xii8 (ff. 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40, 41-48, 49-56, 57-64, 65-72, 73-80, 81-88, 89-96, 97-104, 105-112, 113-120, 121-128, 129-136, 137-144, 145-152, 153-160, 161-168, 169-176), xxiii8+2.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage, slight iron gall ink corrosion.

Collation is falling apart.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Quarter-bound with leather spine and printed paper covers. Boxed.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Censor's signature on f. 186v: 'Camillo Jaghel 1618'; see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 752; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 December 1929.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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