Provenance InformationThe MSS in this collection belonged to William Aldis Wright. Most were acquired from Christian D. Ginsburg.
Provenance InformationThe manuscripts in this collection originated from the collection of William A. Wright. Most of them were acquired by him from Dr. Christian David Ginsburg
Provenance PlacesCambridge (England)
Physical Description
Dimensions Description2800 × 350
Hand DescriptionSquare and Sephardic Semi-cursive
Languages Used
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ⓘhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic
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's 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 traditions—the latter reflecting the Saruqian influence prevalent in Delmedigo’s sources—they 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), 145–149.
Provenance InformationThe MSS in this collection belonged to William Aldis Wright. Most were acquired from Christian D. Ginsburg.
Provenance InformationThe manuscripts in this collection originated from the collection of William A. Wright. Most of them were acquired by him from Dr. Christian David Ginsburg
Provenance PlacesCambridge (England)
Physical Description
Dimensions Description2800 × 350
Hand DescriptionSquare and Sephardic Semi-cursive
Languages Used
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ⓘhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic
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's 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 traditions—the latter reflecting the Saruqian influence prevalent in Delmedigo’s sources—they 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), 145–149.