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New York (USA), Jewish Theological Seminary , Jewish Theological Seminary Library: B K105


Identifiers and Titles

Primary Manuscript TitlesThe Magnificent Parchment

Manuscript History

Origin
Date Information16th century
Creation Place
Creation Settlementhttps://www.geonames.org/Italy

Physical Description

Materialparchment
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Width49 cm
Height62 cm

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 375.
Notes (English)Jewish Theological Seminary Library MS K105 is a fragment of a very well-executed witness that belongs to a manuscript family of large rotuli ilanot to which we have given the name "The Magnificent Parchment." It was likely drafted in the sixteenth century by an Italian copyist, perhaps with some Byzantine background, according to the paleographical assessment of Dr. Emma Abate. Only one Magnificent Parchment (London, BL, MS Or. 6465 Scroll © The British Library Board) carries a colophon, dating it to 1556. The original Magnificent Parchment was likely crafted ca. 1500 in northern Italy. This family of "luxury" manuscripts is distinguished by its grand scale, its graphical richness, and its 33,000 word anthological text. The JTS K105 fragment preserves the uppermost parchment sheet of the original rotulus. In sefirotic terms, therefore, we see Keter through Binah of the central kabbalistic tree. Unlike other witnesses, K105 figures Ein Sof within a black crescent hovering above a regal crown that sits upon Keter; all others frame Ein Sof within an eye.

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New York (USA), Jewish Theological Seminary , Jewish Theological Seminary Library: B K105


Identifiers and Titles

Primary Manuscript TitlesThe Magnificent Parchment

Manuscript History

Origin
Date Information16th century
Creation Place
Creation Settlementhttps://www.geonames.org/Italy

Physical Description

Materialparchment
Formrotulus
Dimensions
Width49 cm
Height62 cm

Further Information

Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 375.
Notes (English)Jewish Theological Seminary Library MS K105 is a fragment of a very well-executed witness that belongs to a manuscript family of large rotuli ilanot to which we have given the name "The Magnificent Parchment." It was likely drafted in the sixteenth century by an Italian copyist, perhaps with some Byzantine background, according to the paleographical assessment of Dr. Emma Abate. Only one Magnificent Parchment (London, BL, MS Or. 6465 Scroll © The British Library Board) carries a colophon, dating it to 1556. The original Magnificent Parchment was likely crafted ca. 1500 in northern Italy. This family of "luxury" manuscripts is distinguished by its grand scale, its graphical richness, and its 33,000 word anthological text. The JTS K105 fragment preserves the uppermost parchment sheet of the original rotulus. In sefirotic terms, therefore, we see Keter through Binah of the central kabbalistic tree. Unlike other witnesses, K105 figures Ein Sof within a black crescent hovering above a regal crown that sits upon Keter; all others frame Ein Sof within an eye.

Surfaces Linking to This Manuscript:

Recto (Diagrams: New York (USA), Jewish Theological Seminary , Jewish Theological Seminary Library: B K105)