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Or 10612
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- Or 10612
- Title:
- Kabbalistic miscellany
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 136 folios (136+xv)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10612 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10612
Kabbalistic miscellany
Contents
A collection of kabbalistic works.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 136 folios (136+xv)Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Two quires of unfoliated black leaves at the end (in the digital surrogate, they are called 'flyleaves').
Collation
30 quires: i-xiv8 (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), xv10 (ff. 113-121+ unfoliated blank leaf), xvi8 (ff. 122-128+ unfoliated blank leaf), xvii2 (ff. 129-130),xviii-xix4 (ff. 131-134, 135-136 + unfoliated blank leaves), xix8 (unfoliated blank leaves), xxx8-3 (unfoliated blank leaves).
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, many leaves/bifolios are loose.
Usage stains,
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Binding
Post-1600, paper binding. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '706 אוצרות חיים - מהר...'.
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 706; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 28 October 1929.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-121vTitle: אוצרות חייםTitle: Otsrot ḥayimIncipit: ליקוטי הקדמות הקבלה - קבלתי אני הצעיר חיים ויטאל ממוריWith marginal notes, among other by Natan Shapira (נלעד"ן), נלע"ד חיים, מע"ח [=מעץ חיים].
Ff. 119v-120v: a few novellae by Natan Shapira, and at the end: ע"כ ספר אוצרות חיים.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 121 foliosDimensions (leaf): 210 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 90/100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Two quires of unfoliated black leaves at the end (in the digital surrogate, they are called 'flyleaves').
Collation
See quires i-xv.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, many leaves/bifolios are loose.
Usage stains,
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Justified left margin.
Numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 17th century.
Ff. 1-46v: smaller, rounder letters, in grey ink.
Ff. 46v-121v: thicker letters, in dark brown ink.
II
Contents
ff. 122r-128rTitle: פרוש הזהר (אדרא רבא)Title: Perush ha-Zohar (Idra raba)F. 122r: פי’ על האידרה" מאת "כמוהר"ר יוסף טבול.
איננו הפרוש "רמזים על האדרא רבא" שממנו, אלא פירוש קצר אחר.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 8 folios (ff. 122-128)Dimensions (leaf): × mm.Dimensions (written): × mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Two quires of unfoliated black leaves at the end (in the digital surrogate, they are called 'flyleaves').
Collation
Quire xvi.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, many leaves/bifolios are loose.
Usage stains,
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Justified left margin.
Numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 17th century.
III
Contents
ff. 131r-134vTitle: פרוש הזהר (פרשת בראשית, דף נא ע"ב)Title: Perush ha-Zohar (Parashat Be-reshit, 51b)Commentary on ארבעין וחמש גווני זיני הנורין איתפלוג עלמא.
Incomplete at the end.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 4 folios (ff. 131-134)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 90/100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Two quires of unfoliated black leaves at the end (in the digital surrogate, they are called 'flyleaves').
Collation
Quire xviii.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, many leaves/bifolios are loose.
Usage stains,
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Justified left margin.
Numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Ashkenazi semi-cursive script of the 17th century.
IV
Contents
ff. 135r-136vTitle: כלליםTitle: KelalimF. 135r: אלו הם כללים שנמצאו מכתיבת הרב כמהר"ר חיים ויטל זלה"ה.
Up to kelal 24.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 136 folios (136+xv)Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 148 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 90/100 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink.
Two quires of unfoliated black leaves at the end (in the digital surrogate, they are called 'flyleaves').
Collation
Quire xix.
Catchword on every page.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, many leaves/bifolios are loose.
Usage stains,
Iron gall ink corrosion.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 34
Written lines: 34
Uniform layout.
Section headings are in larger characters.
Justified left margin.
Numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 17th century.
Additional Information
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
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10612 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
אביבי, קבלת האר"י (ירושלים, תשס"ח), כרך א’, עמ’ 172-173 ר’ מרוז, גאולה בתורת האר"י, עמ’ 84. Richler, Benjamin, ed. Hebrew manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma: catalogue (Jerusalem: Jewish National and University Library, 2001), p. 330.Funding of Cataloguing
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