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Or 10647
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10647
- Title:
- Sefer ha-kaṿanot by Ḥayyim Vital.
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 217 folios (i+217+[15]+i)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10647 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10647
Sefer ha-kaṿanot by Ḥayyim Vital.
Contents
Kabbalistic treatise.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-217vTitle: ספר הכונותTitle: Sefer ha-kaṿanotFf. 1r-2v: הקדמת מהרח"ו; an introduction by Ḥayyim Vital that appears also at the beginning of Sefer Ets Ḥayim. F. 3r by a different hand: תשלום ההקדמה הנז"ל.
Ff. 4r, 7r: additional kabbalistic notes.
Ff. 5r and 6r: full-page diagrams, in ink, caption: א"ס ב"ה אדם קדמון (= אין סוף ברוך הוא).
With a few marginal notes.
With a few notes, some of them are integrated into the text in windows. The notes mention, among others: Isaac Alfasi (הרי"פ ז"ל, e.g. f. 10v), Abraham Azulai (f. 54r), Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (קול הרמ"ז, f. 59v), Nehemia (מורינו ההר"י נחמיאf. 206r).
Colophon:Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermarks: 'POLLERI', medallion with the letter CC underneath (e.g. unfoliated leaves after f. 7), spread eagle in a shield, with an illegible inscription underneath, and countermark 'AL MASSO' (e.g. f. 13-14, 43, 47-48).Extent: 217 folios (i+217+[15]+i)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 160/165 × 105/110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
6 unfoliated leaves after f. 6, and 21 unfoliated leaves after f. 7.
The unfoliated blank leaves at the end are called flyleaves in the digital surrogate.
Collation
27 quires: i14 (ff. 1-7 + unfoliated leaves), ii-iii10 (unfoliated leaves), iv12 (ff. 8-19), v-xi8 (ff. 20-27, 28-35, 36-43, 44-51, 52-59, 60-67, 68-75), xii4 (ff. 76-79), xiii-xiv8 (ff. 80-87, 88-95), xv10 (ff. 96-105), xvi8 (ff. 106-113), xvii-xviii10 (ff. 114-123, 124-133), xix8 (ff. 134-141), xx-xxv10 (ff. 142-151, 152-161, 162-171, 172-181, 182-191, 192-201), xxvi14 (ff. 192-205), xxvii12 (ff. 206-217); + 15 unfoliated blank leaves.
Catchword on most pages.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, mould, slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Collation is fragile, getting detached from spine.
Layout
Columns:1
Ff. 8-217: uniform layout.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North-African) semi-cursive and square scripts of the 18th century. At least by three hands.
Ff. 1-2: Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script.
Ff. 8-10: Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script.
Ff. 11-217: Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script.
Binding
Post-1600, white cloth binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: 'ס' הכונה - פ' התפילה וכו' 1486'.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions: מקנת כספי ... מאת ... מסעוד ן’ מוחא (f. 8r, calligraphic signature); כמוהר"ר מכלוף אבן מוחא נר"ו (ff. 187r, 213r).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1486; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 17 March 1932.
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
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