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Or 10540

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032-003472505
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Or 10540
Title:
Amarot ṭehorot (Yonat elem) by Menahem Azariah da Fano
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
136 folios (no flyleaves)
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1575
End Date:
1619
Date Range:
1575-1619
Era:
CE
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Names:
Fano, Menahem Azariah, Italian rabbi, 1548-1620
Fano, Menahem Azariah, Italian rabbi, 1548-1620
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
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Or 10540

Amarot ṭehorot (Yonat elem) by Menahem Azariah da Fano

Contents

Kabbalistic treatise by the Lurianic kabbalist Menahem Azariah da Fano.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-136r
Author: מנחם עזריה, מפאנו Fano, Menahem Azariah da 1548-1620
Title: אמרות טהורות: מאמר יונת אלם
Title: Amarot ṭehorot: Maʾamar Yonat elem

In the manuscript: מאמר יונת אלם, Maʾamar Yonat Elem (Dove of Silence).

At the head of the manuscript is a text, handwritten by the copyist, about the author Menahem Azariah da Fano, in which he mentions what Isaiah ha-Levi Horowitz said about the author. >

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the late 16th - early 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: paschal lamb in circle (e.g. ff. 113 and 120).
Extent: 136 folios (no flyleaves)
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

17 quires: i-xvii8 (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).

Catchword on every page.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the late 16th-early 17th century.

Binding

Cardboard covers. Boxed.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '943 מאמר יונת אלם'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1575-1619 Late 16th - early 17th century Italy?

Provenance and Acquisition

Censor's signature on f. 136r: 'Camillo Jaghel 1619'; see William Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 943; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 May 1930.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10540 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Fano, Menahem Azariah da, 1548-1620., “Amarot ṭehorot: Maʾamar Yonat elem. Pages 68-69,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed January 29, 2020, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/hebrew_mss/item/7230.

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