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Or 10542
- Record Id:
- 032-003470348
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003470348
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091207973.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10542
- Title:
- Kabbalistic miscellany
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003470348", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10542: Kabbalistic miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003470348
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003470348
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 110 folios (v+110+vi)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10542 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620
Vital, Ḥayim ben Joseph, 1542-1620 - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10542
Kabbalistic miscellany
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic works.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 110 folios (v+110+vi)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 160 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
9 quires: inine, ii-iv8 (ff. 10-17, 18-25, 26-33) v20 (ff. 34-53), vi16 (ff. 54-69), vii14 (ff. 70-83), viii-ix20 (ff. 84-103, 104-110+ blank leaves).
Condition
Collation is falling apart; spine is damaged.
Binding
Leather binding; blind-tooled. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '1033 ליקוטים - ספרי קבלה - ארי'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century.Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1033; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 29 September 1931.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-33vTitle: מבוא שעריםTitle: Mavoʾ sheʿarimFf. 1r-5r: preface to ʿEts ha-ḥayim by Ḥayyim Vital: הקדמת ספר עץ החיים.
F. 7r: notes by קול הרמ"ז.
Marginal note on f. 10r: ספרו של מורי הרמ"ז מתחיל כאן א א ונקרא בשם שער ז"א.
Incomplete at the end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 33 foliosDimensions (leaf): 208 × 157 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 5v is blank.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, worm damage, iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Section headings are in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North African) Hebrew script of the 17th-18th century.
II
Contents
ff. 34r-53vTitle: פרוש הזהר (פרשת נח)Title: Perush ha-Zohar (Parashat Noaḥ)With marginal notes.
Incomplete at the end.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 20 folios (ff. 34-53)Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 154 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 5v is blank.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Very narrow margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North African) Hebrew script of the 17th-18th century.
III
Contents
ff. 54r-110vTitle: אוצרות חייםTitle: ʾOtsrot ḥayimIncomplete at the end.
With marginal notes.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 57 folios (ff. 54-110)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 160 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 5v is blank.
Collation
Condition
Usage stains, ink stains, water damage, worm damage.
F. 54 is fragmentary.
Layout
Columns:1
Running title.
Justified left margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental (North African) Hebrew script of the 17th-18th century.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10542 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
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