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Or 10690
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- Sidur ha-Ari
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- Extent:
- 250 folios (250+ii)
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- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
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Or 10690
Sidur ha-Ari
Contents
Daily prayers accompanied by the kabbalistic annotations of Isaac Luria.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-250vTitle: סדור האר"יTitle: Sidur ha-AriIncipit: הנהגות התפילה וקצת יחודים מהאר"י זלה"הHanhagot (customisations) of the prayer and a few yihudim prior to praying. Also includes mystical intentions (kaṿanot) of prayers for the entire year.
The three hymns on the Sabbath composed by Luria are accompanied by the commentary of Israel Sarug. This commentary has been printed under the title Neʿim zemirot Yiśraʾel in Warsaw 1882.
Ff. 212r-223r: a commentary on Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers).
Ff. 226v-250v: a commentary on poems for the Sabbath by Isaac Luria (ha-Ari), with a commentary by Yiśraʾel Saruk.
With marginal notes.
Colophon: הכ"ד הכותב נפתלי אשכנזי f. 250vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: a bunch of grapes (e.g. ff. 205).Extent: 250 folios (250+ii)Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 170 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
30 quires: i-xix8 (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), xx-xxii10 (ff. 153-162, 163-172, 173-182), xxiii-xxiv8 (ff. 183-190, 191-198), xxv10 (ff. 199-208), xxvi-xxix8 (ff. 209-216, 217-224, 225-232, 233-240), xxx10 (241-250).
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.
Front cover and spine are detached from collation.
Layout
Columns:1
Small slip is fixed onto ff. 180r with additional notes.
Small paper slip is inserted in between ff. 196 and 197.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew script. Scribe: Naftali Ashkenazi, who may be identical with Naphtali ben Joseph Ashkenazi, a kabbalist of Safed (died 1602).
Decoration
Additions:Small paper slip fixed onto f. 1r with notes regarding the manuscript by a modern, Ashkenazi hand: סידור הנהגת התפלה של הרב זללה"ה נכתב מאת נפתלי אשכנזי והוא מוגה הרבה ויקר במציאתו כמעט אין תמורתו. ... וכתב שם מנהג מורי זללה"ה היה לילך בכל יום שבת לכותל מערבי וחולק עליו כל חכמי אשכנז שהיו בירושלים וקבעו יום ה' כי באלף חמישי נחרב הבית וגם על ... סוד הוא כנגד הוד וכתב והודי נהפך עלי למשחית וכן נהגו אחרי מותו. אחרי זה הי' השרים של שבת מהאר"י זל להר"י סרוק נר"ו ומזה נתבאר שהיה חי בזמן אחר ובימי הר"י סרוק ז"ל.
Binding
Brown leather binding; blind-tooled. Boxed.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 201; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 7 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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