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Or 10698
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 217 folios (ix+217+ix)
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic - Scripts:
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- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1661
- Date Range:
- 1660-1661
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10698
Ḳol be-ramah by Jacob Ẓemaḥ
Contents
A commentary on Idra Raba and Sifra di-Tseniuta, parts of the Zohar.
Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic
ff. 1r-217vTitle: קול ברמהTitle: Ḳol be-ramahCompiled by Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ from the works of Isaac Luria and Ḥayyim Vital, also incorporating his own remarks.
Some glosses may be autograph written by Jacob Ẓemaḥ himself.
Beginning with indices and with an introduction, by a different hand.
Diagram on f. 12r.
Ff. 217r-217v: supplements by various hands.
Cf. London BL Add MS 26997.
Colophon: אני הצעיר טוביא בכמה"ר חיים יצחק גבאי זלה"ה ... זיכני האל יתברך למען שמו להשלים להעתק פי' אדרא זו היום שבעה לחדש שבט משנת ברוך תהיה מכל העמים ליצירה פה ירושלם ע"ה תוב"ב הוא ברחמיו הגדולים יזכני להתחיל ולגמור ספרים אחרים כאשר ... לבבי ויזכני לקרות בהם אני וזרעי וזרע זרעי ויקיים פסוק ואשים דברי בפיך... f. 216vPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; anchor in circle (e.g. ff. 192-193).Extent: 217 folios (ix+217+ix)Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 172 mm.Dimensions (written): 120 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink starting on f. 13 (= f. א).
Collation
27 quires: i8 (unfoliated balnk leaves), iifourteen (ff. 1-5 + unfoliated leaves), iii-xvi8 (ff. 6-12 + unfoliated leaf, ff. 13-20, 21-28, 29-36, 37-44, 45-52, 53-60, 61-68, 69-76, 77-84, 85-92, 93-100, 101-108, 109-116, 117-124), xvii-xx12 (ff. 125-136, 137-148, 149-160, 161-172), xxi-xxvii8 (ff. 173-180, 181-188, 189-196, 197-204, 205-212, 213-217 + unfoliated blank leaves). Last quire contains only unfoliated blank leaves. Structure of quire ii is unclear; it may be more than one quire.
Signatures in Hebrew characters at the beginning of the quires (starting on f. 21 = quire ב).
Catchword on almost every page; sometimes for both columns.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, some bifolios and leaves have come loose.
Usage stains, water damage, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Main text is written in larger characters, with section headings in square script.
Commentaries surrounding the main text are written in much smaller characters.
Very wide outer and lower margins.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive script of the 17th century. Copied by Tobiah ben Ḥayim Isaac Gabbai.
Binding
Post-1600, quarter-bound: cloth covers and leather spine. Boxed.
Printer's waste in binding.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1660-1661 Land of Israel (Jerusalem)Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on f. 6r: להרב המו' ... ן' אשר ז"ל.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 705; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 28 October 1929.
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_10698 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
אביבי, קבלת האר"י (ירושלים, תשס"ח), כרך ב', עמ' 658-661.Funding of Cataloguing
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