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Or 10545

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Or 10545
Title:
Asis rimonim by Samuel Gallico
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
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80 folios (80+i)
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Start Date:
1500
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1599
Date Range:
1500-1599
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CE
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Names:
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570
Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob, 1522-1570
Gallico, Samuel, Talmudist and kabbalist, fl 16th century-17th century
Gallico, Samuel, Talmudist and kabbalist, fl 16th century-17th century
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10545

Asis rimonim by Samuel Gallico

Contents

Summary of Contents: An abridgment of Moses Cordovero's kabbalistic treatise entitled Pardes Rimonim .

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2v-79v
Author: גליקו, שמואל Gallico, Samuel, active 16th century-17th century
Title: עסיס רמונים
Title: ʿAsis rimonim

Asis rimonim (Juice of Pomegranates) is a digest of Pardes Rimonim (Orchard of Pomegranates).

Diagrams and tables on ff. 6r, 13v, 14r, 26r; diagrams of Ten Sefirot on ff. 21r, 22r (the latter has movable parts); diagram of a menorah on f. 69r.

Cf. London, British Library, Add MS 27091, Or 6547, Or 12305.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; man with stick (pilgrim) in circle (e.g. ff. 13-14).
Extent: 80 folios (80+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 152 mm.
Dimensions (written): 152 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe.

Ff. 21v, 22v, 79v are blank.

Collation

10 quires: i-vii8 (ff. 2-9, 10-17, 18-25, 26-33, 34-41, 42-49, 50-57), viii10 (ff. 58-67), ix8 (ff. 68-75), x8-1 (ff. 76-80).

Signatures at the beginning of each quire in Roman numerals and Hebrew characters.

Condition

Collation is falling apart, several loose leaves and bifolios.

Very fragile leaves.

Water damage, mould, worm damage. Burn damage on f. 28.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 25 26

Uniform layout.

Justified left margin.

Section headings are in larger characters.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 16th century.

Decoration

Ink decorations around the initial word on f. 2r and around the diagrams of the Ten Sefirot on ff. 21r and 22r.

Additions:

F. 1v: table of contents by an Ashkenazi hand; probably by Nathan ben Judah Ottolenghi/Ottolengo (cf. his ownership inscription).

With notes and numerous supplements in the margins and on f. 80r, by an Ashkenazi hand.

Binding

Brown leather binding; blind-tooled. Boxed.

Label on spine: 'ס' כתיבת יד'.

History

Origin: 1500-1599 16th century Italy?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscriptions: 'Moise Ruso Spalato', 'Sabato Ventura', החכם השלם המקובל ... ה"ה שבתי וינטורה נר"ו, זה הספר שלי החכם השלם המוה"ר שבתי וינטורה נר"ו (f. 1r); by Nathan ben Judah Ottolenghi/Ottolengo (נתן בר יהודה אוטולי[נגי]) (f.2r).

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 32; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 July 1927.

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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Bibliography

    יוסף אביבי, קבלת האר"י. ירושלים: מכון בן-צבי, תשס"ח, ברך א, עמ' 327.

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