Jerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9789=4
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Identifiers and Titles
IdentifierJerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9789=4
Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.011.004
Primary Manuscript TitlesGreat Tree
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9789
NLI ID990036202030205171
Manuscript History
Origin
ContributorsIbn Zur, Moshe (quoted)
Date Information18th century
Provenance
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 Description409 ร 32
Languages Used
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ๐https://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot with this Language
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan, an autograph in Isaac Coppio's hand that includes a colophon dating it to the unlikely year 5348/1588, may have been created by Coppio during his stay in Fez. It may also have served as the basis for several later ilanot, and inspired the addition of Vital's circles (V) atop the PaZW-type ilan.
This rotulus opens with quotations from Moses Ibn แบur's Me'arat sdeh ha-makhpelah and then continues with Great Tree components Z, Pa, and W. At the end of component W, at the bottom of the rotulus, there are three additional, independent diagrams: a sefirotic tree that features holy and angelic names, acrostic sefirotic โcircles,โ and a hand. These, along with the odd colophon, seem intended to create the impression of antiquity.
This rotulus opens with quotations from Moses Ibn แบur's Me'arat sdeh ha-makhpelah and then continues with Great Tree components Z, Pa, and W. At the end of component W, at the bottom of the rotulus, there are three additional, independent diagrams: a sefirotic tree that features holy and angelic names, acrostic sefirotic โcircles,โ and a hand. These, along with the odd colophon, seem intended to create the impression of antiquity.
Colophon"ื ืืชื ืืืืื ืืง' ืืื ืืขืืจ ืคืืก ืืฉ' ืฉื"ื ืืค"ืง [=1588]".
This is not the date this ilan was written, since Moses Ibn แบurโa fragment of whose composition in the same handwriting is attached to the ilanโlived at least one hundred years later than the year 1588; perhaps the date refers to the ilan from which it was copied.
This is not the date this ilan was written, since Moses Ibn แบurโa fragment of whose composition in the same handwriting is attached to the ilanโlived at least one hundred years later than the year 1588; perhaps the date refers to the ilan from which it was copied.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 185โ186, 255โ259, 354, 391.
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