Jerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9804=4
About the Ilan
TextGrid URI of the Editiontextgrid:4b5ds
FamiliesGreat Tree (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. 9804=4
Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.012.011
Primary Manuscript TitlesGreat Tree
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9804
NLI ID990039011880205171
Manuscript History
Origin
Date Information19th 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 Description2110 ร 228
Hand DescriptionAshkenazic
Languages Used
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ๐https://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot with this Language
Content Description
SummaryThis enigmatic ilan is distinguished principally for having preserved the work-in-progress of its copyist. It is not merely unfinished, though; it seems that the scribe had not entirely worked out his plan at the outset. The rotulus opens with Z, framed by text borrowed from Joseph Solomon Delmedigo's Kiแบur 'olam ha-tikkun (Abridged World of Rectification; see Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree, pp. 204โ206). This presentation of Z may also be found in the Cambridge Trinity Scroll (Cambridge, Trinity College, Scroll F.11.18). Another parchment sheet was sewn to the bottom of the first in order to complete the parแบufim of Jacob and Rachel. When that was done, the scribe drew two horizontal lines, perhaps to guide a cut. Rather than cut, however, he kept writing, beginning with the head of Adam Kadmon (P). He likely planned to create an ilan akin to the Cambridge Trinity Scroll, type PaZP7, but after beginning P7, abandoned the project.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 352, 390, 400.
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