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manuscript/00210 📜 Jerusalem, The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9799=4

Jerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9799=4


Identifiers and Titles

Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.011.003
Primary Manuscript TitlesGreat Tree
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9799

Manuscript History

Origin
Creator InformationPoppers, Meir ben Judah Loeb
Date Informationca. 1850
Provenance
Owner InformationThe National Library of Israel
Current or Former Ownercurrent
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Jerusalem
Provenance Country Information (English)Israel
Provenance
Owner InformationGross, William L.
Current or Former Ownerformer
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Tel Aviv
Provenance Country Information (English)Israel

Physical Description

Materialpaper
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Dimensions Description (English)5190 × 245
Hand Description
Hand Description (English)Square

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew

Content Description

Summary (English)The word “ilan” at this ilan's head features decorated large letters with floral ornaments. The figures of Adam Kadmon, Arikh Anpin, and Zeir Anpin are depicted schematically, with micrographic text arranged in a pattern suggesting a human face. The Pr component in this Great Tree is a variant of P in which the sequence of emanation is presented in an apparently disrupted order. The World of Asiyah is represented with concentric circles. The title at its head attributes it to “the kabbalist rabbi […] Meir Katz Poppers […].”
Summary (English)המילה "אילן" שבראש אילן זה נכתבה באותיות גדולות מקושטות עם עיטורים פרחוניים. דמויותיהם של אדם קדמון, אריך אנפין וזעיר אנפין מתוארות באופן סכמטי, עם טקסט מיקרוגרפי המסודר בתבנית המרמזת על פנים אנושיות. רכיב Pr באילן גדול זה הוא וריאנט של P שבו רצף ההאצלה מוצג בסדר שנראה משובש. עולם העשייה מיוצג על ידי עיגולים קונצנטריים. הכותרת בראשו מייחסת אותו ל״רב המקובל…מאיר כ״ץ פאפרס...״.

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 223–225, 324–325, 328, 349, 391, 401.

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Jerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9799=4


Identifiers and Titles

Alternative IdentifiersTel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.011.003
Primary Manuscript TitlesGreat Tree
Alternative Manuscript TitlesJerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9799

Manuscript History

Origin
Creator InformationPoppers, Meir ben Judah Loeb
Date Informationca. 1850
Provenance
Owner InformationThe National Library of Israel
Current or Former Ownercurrent
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Jerusalem
Provenance Country Information (English)Israel
Provenance
Owner InformationGross, William L.
Current or Former Ownerformer
Provenance Place
Provenance Settlement Information (English)Tel Aviv
Provenance Country Information (English)Israel

Physical Description

Materialpaper
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Dimensions Description (English)5190 × 245
Hand Description
Hand Description (English)Square

Languages Used

Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew

Content Description

Summary (English)The word “ilan” at this ilan's head features decorated large letters with floral ornaments. The figures of Adam Kadmon, Arikh Anpin, and Zeir Anpin are depicted schematically, with micrographic text arranged in a pattern suggesting a human face. The Pr component in this Great Tree is a variant of P in which the sequence of emanation is presented in an apparently disrupted order. The World of Asiyah is represented with concentric circles. The title at its head attributes it to “the kabbalist rabbi […] Meir Katz Poppers […].”
Summary (English)המילה "אילן" שבראש אילן זה נכתבה באותיות גדולות מקושטות עם עיטורים פרחוניים. דמויותיהם של אדם קדמון, אריך אנפין וזעיר אנפין מתוארות באופן סכמטי, עם טקסט מיקרוגרפי המסודר בתבנית המרמזת על פנים אנושיות. רכיב Pr באילן גדול זה הוא וריאנט של P שבו רצף ההאצלה מוצג בסדר שנראה משובש. עולם העשייה מיוצג על ידי עיגולים קונצנטריים. הכותרת בראשו מייחסת אותו ל״רב המקובל…מאיר כ״ץ פאפרס...״.

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 223–225, 324–325, 328, 349, 391, 401.

Surfaces Linking to This Manuscript:

Recto (Diagrams: Jerusalem (Israel), The National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 9799=4)