Jerusalem, The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9790=4
About the Ilan
TextGrid URI of the Editiontextgrid:49wvz
FamiliesCoppio (Lurianic) ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot in this Family
Surfaces of the Ilan
Recto
About the Manuscript
Identifiers and Titles
IdentifierJerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9790=4
Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.012.002
Primary Manuscript TitlesCoppio's "two-column" ilan
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9790
NLI ID990000559580205171
Manuscript History
Origin
CreatorIsaac Coppio ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot by this Creator
ContributorsIsaac Coppio (Mentioned)
Date Information19th century
Provenance
Provenance InformationFormerly Bill Gross 79
OwnerThe National Library of Israel (current owner)
Provenance PlacesJerusalem (Israel)
OwnerGross, William L. (former owner)
Provenance PlacesTel Aviv (Israel)
Physical Description
MaterialParchment ๐Translucent or opaque material made from calf, sheep, or goat skin which has been limed, dehaired, scraped, and dried under tension to produce a thin, strong material for writing, bookbinding, or other uses. For finer quality calf parchment, use "vellum." The terms parchment and vellum sometimes have been and still are both confused and used interchangeably. ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot with this Material
FormRotulus ๐A roll of parchment or paper unrolled vertically for reading. ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot with this Form
Dimensions Description366 ร 23
Hand DescriptionSquare, Sephardic Semi-cursive
Languages Used
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ๐https://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot with this Language
Content Description
SummaryThis rotulus is a (non-autograph) copy of Coppio's ilan and opens with the phrase โSaid the compiler [โฆ] of blessed memory.โ Like its source, it is a variation of Great Tree type VPaZW, featuring distinctive changes and additions.
The rotulus is divided into two columns. A text column, roughly a third of the rotulus's width, runs alongside the diagrammatic presentation--as if it were a commentary--but does not reference it. A diagram that merges two classical sefirotic diagrams is the opening figure of the rotulus. In this appropriation, the figure represents primordial stages of emanation that precede the World of Aแบilut. This representation was borrowed from Moshe Graf's Va-yakhel Moshe (Moses assembled, Dessau, 1699). The Lurianic โkav ha-Ein Sofโ (line of Ein Sof) traverses the rotulus at its center, passing through the various components of the ilan, graphically suggesting that all worlds enrobe the light of Ein Sof.
The rotulus is divided into two columns. A text column, roughly a third of the rotulus's width, runs alongside the diagrammatic presentation--as if it were a commentary--but does not reference it. A diagram that merges two classical sefirotic diagrams is the opening figure of the rotulus. In this appropriation, the figure represents primordial stages of emanation that precede the World of Aแบilut. This representation was borrowed from Moshe Graf's Va-yakhel Moshe (Moses assembled, Dessau, 1699). The Lurianic โkav ha-Ein Sofโ (line of Ein Sof) traverses the rotulus at its center, passing through the various components of the ilan, graphically suggesting that all worlds enrobe the light of Ein Sof.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 261โ264, 295โ296, 354, 356, 395.
Moshe Hillel, Oveh la-Sokher, R. Yitshak b. R. Mikhael Kupio: Between Me'arat Sedeh ha-Makhpelah and Arba Me'ot Shekel Kasef (Jerusalem: 2016), page 99.
Moshe Hillel, Oveh la-Sokher, R. Yitshak b. R. Mikhael Kupio: Between Me'arat Sedeh ha-Makhpelah and Arba Me'ot Shekel Kasef (Jerusalem: 2016), page 99.
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