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Or 10705

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Or 10705
Title:
Two Jewish philosophical and kabbalistic works
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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:
282 folios (no flyeaves)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
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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, b 1248,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435018569,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51777166,
Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, b 1248,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435018569,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51777166,
al-Ḳusṭanṭini, Enoch ben Solomon, fl 14th century
al-Ḳusṭanṭini, Enoch ben Solomon, fl 14th century
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Or 10705

Two Jewish philosophical and kabbalistic works

Contents

A treatise by Joseph Gikatilla and another work by Enoch ben Solomon al-Ḳusṭanṭini.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-242r
Author: ג’קטילה, יוסף בן אברהם Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham, 1248-
Title: שערי אורה
Title: Shaʿare ʾOrah

F. 1r: אתחיל לכתוב ספר הנקרא אורה.

ff. 243v-282v
Author: קוסטנטיני, חנוך בן שלמה Enoch ben Solomon al-Ḳusṭanṭini, active 1370
Title: מראות אלהים
Title: Marʾot Elohim

A philosophical explanation of the visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel (mentioned in Isa. 6:1-2, and Ez. 1) and of Zechariah's vision of the candlestick (Zech. 4:2); each vision occupies a chapter of the work.

F. 243v: ספר מראות אלהיים חברו ... חנוך אלקנטסטין זלה"ה.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: mixed
Support: The outermost and the innermost bifolios of the quires are parchment, the rest is paper.
Extent: 282 folios (no flyeaves)
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink; it restarts on f. 243r.

Collation

18 quires: i16-1 (ff. 1-15), ii-xiv16 (ff. 16-31, 32-47, 48-63, 64-79, 80-95, 96-111, 112-127, 128-143, 144-159, 160-175, 176-191, 192-207, 208-223), xv20-1 (ff. 224-242), xvi-xvii16 (ff. 243-258, 259-274), xviii8 (ff. 275-282).

No catchword, but the last word of the verso is repeated on the following recto.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage.

Collation is getting detached from cracked spine.

Last leaves are in worse condition: f. 280 is almost detached from collation, parchment leaves are uneven, slightly shrunken.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23

Written lines: 23

Uniform layout.

Section headings are in larger, square script.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 14th century.

Binding

Half-bound, with marble paper covers and leather spine. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '925 שערי אורה - מראות אלקים'.

History

Origin: 1300-1399 14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 1r: יצחק בכמהר"ר יעשיה הדיין ס"ט.

Fragment of a Latin note on f. 242v (its top part has been trimmed off).

Erased inscription on f. 243r.

Record of debt from 5169 (1408/9) on f. 282v: משנת מאה וששים ותשע לפרט האלף הששי"

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 925; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 10 April 1930.

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).

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