Cambridge (England), Trinity College Library: Scroll F.11.18
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TextGrid URI of the Editiontextgrid:49wr4
FamiliesGreat Tree (Lurianic) ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot in this Family
Surfaces of the Ilan
Recto
About the Manuscript
Identifiers and Titles
IdentifierCambridge (England), Trinity College Library: Scroll F.11.18
Alternative IdentifiersCambridge (England), Catalogue Loewe, Trinity College: 112
Primary Manuscript TitlesGreat Tree
Alternative Manuscript TitlesCambridge, Trinity College, Scroll F.11.18
NLI ID990000804260205171
Manuscript History
Origin
Date1700 - 1799
Date Information18th century
Provenance
Provenance InformationThe MSS in this collection belonged to William Aldis Wright. Most were acquired from Dr. Christian David Ginsburg.
Provenance Informationืืชืืึพืืื ืืืืกืฃ ืื ืืงืืจื ืืืืกืฃ ืฉื ืืืืืื ืืณ ืจืืื. ืจืืื ื ืจืืฉื ืขื ืืืื ืืืดืจ ืืจืืกืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืจื.
OwnerTrinity College Library (current owner)
Provenance PlacesCambridge (England)
Physical Description
Dimensions Description2800 ร 350
Hand DescriptionSquare and 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 ilan makes a striking visual impression, beginning with an anthropomorphic head of Adam Kadmon and concluding with an elegant engraving of Jerusalem. The entire scroll is framed on all four margins by kabbalistic poems: "El Mistater" by Abraham Maimon and "Or Ganuz" by Moses Zacuto. Typologically, the Trinity Scroll consists of P and Z modules, with the latter featuring a unique textual frame reminiscent of a traditional commentary layout. However, the framing text is not a commentary on the diagram itself but rather Kizur Olam ha-Tikkun (Abridged World of Rectification) by Joseph Solomon Delmedigo. Originally intended to accompany diagrams in Delmedigo's Novelot Hokhmah (1631), this text provides a linear narrative of the structural dynamics and the enrobing process in the World of Tikkun. While the ilan's imagery and the framing text stem from different Lurianic traditionsโthe latter reflecting the Saruqian influence prevalent in Delmedigoโs sourcesโthey function together to offer a comprehensive visualization and verbal account of the emanation process.
Further Information
Research LiteratureH. Loewe, Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Hebrew Character Collected and Bequeathed to Trinity College Library by the Late William Aldis Wright (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1926), no. 112.
J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022), 145โ149.
J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022), 145โ149.
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