Support DescriptionAbout 30 cm is missing from the beginning.
Dimensions Description334 × 24
Hand DescriptionSephardic, Stam
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan is a Great Tree of the KPNZW type and serves as the closest extant parallel to the lost ilan of R. Kalonymus Kalman. It is distinguished by its striking anthropomorphic plasticity, particularly in the depiction of the head of Adam Kadmon. Unlike more schematic versions, this manuscript renders facial features with remarkable detail, including nose and ears that feature clearly delineated helices and lobes. These ears emerge from the circle of the head, intersecting with the eyes before curving upward— a visual arrangement that R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin used as a critical editorial model to verify the Lurianic canon for his 1893 Warsaw printed edition.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 329, 390, 402.
Support DescriptionAbout 30 cm is missing from the beginning.
Dimensions Description334 × 24
Hand DescriptionSephardic, Stam
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan is a Great Tree of the KPNZW type and serves as the closest extant parallel to the lost ilan of R. Kalonymus Kalman. It is distinguished by its striking anthropomorphic plasticity, particularly in the depiction of the head of Adam Kadmon. Unlike more schematic versions, this manuscript renders facial features with remarkable detail, including nose and ears that feature clearly delineated helices and lobes. These ears emerge from the circle of the head, intersecting with the eyes before curving upward— a visual arrangement that R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin used as a critical editorial model to verify the Lurianic canon for his 1893 Warsaw printed edition.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 329, 390, 402.