Jerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9794
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Identifiers and Titles
IdentifierJerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9794
Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.011.009
Primary Manuscript TitlesThe Hammerschlag Poppers
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9794
NLI ID997012314165705171
Manuscript History
Origin
CreatorHammerschlag Nosen Neta ๐๏ธSearch for Ilanot by this Creator
Date Informationc. 1660
Creation PlacesMikulov (Czechia)
Physical Description
MaterialPaper ๐Refers generally to all types of thin matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw. 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 Description398 ร 47
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan is a slightly modified copy of the original Meir Poppers ilan. Were it a component in a Great Tree, it would be classified as type โPu.โ The copy was made by Nathan (Nosen) Neta Hammerschlag, whose distinctive artistic style is immediately apparent from its opening lines. The absence of Sabbatean allusions, which are found in Hammerschlag's codices (held by the Bodleian Library in Oxford) and in his grand 1691 Ilan of Adam Kadmon (Munich, BSB, Cod.hebr. 450), points to the likelihood that he copied the Poppers ilan before his infatuation with Shabtai แบevi began. At the top of the rotulus, Hammerschlag added the title โWith good fortune (be-tov gada) I will beginโ followed by a quote from Psalms 71:16, and lengthy instructions for using the ilan. He also polemicizes against so-called โabusers of secrets,โ the identify of whom remains a mystery. At the bottom of the rotulus, Hammerschlag added three additional kabbalistic diagrams that present diverse synoptic representations of the World of Azilut.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 240โ243, 384, 394, 402.
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