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Vat.ebr.208

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.ebr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.ebr.208
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
15th century
Beginning date:
1401
Ending date:
1500
Support:
Paper
Height:
210
Width:
157
Extent:
332 ff.
Exhibit Tags:
Kabbalah

Description

Date:
15th century
Beginning date:
1401
Ending date:
1500
Collation:
The original quire probably consisted of ff. 5-13 and the other folios were originally blank; quaternions (I). Quaternions (II)
Writing:
Byzantine semi-cursive script (I). Ashkenazic semi-cursive script (II)
General note:
I (ff. 1-19). II (ff. 20-325 followed by ff. 326-332, a blank quire made of different paper)
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Origin:
<Byzantium> (I). <Ashkenaz> (II)
Provenance:
Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 45

Administrative information

Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), pp. 146-147.

Parts of this manuscript

5v-13r

ʿAzriʾel, שאלות ותשובות על עשרה ספירות הנעלמות

Overview:
Part I (ff. 1-19)
Locus:
5v-13r
Author:
ʿAzriʾel, di Gerona, 1160-1238 [internal]
Title:
שאלות ותשובות על עשרה ספירות הנעלמות
Supplied title:
Shaʿar ha-Shoʾel on the ten Sefirot
General note:
With variant readings in the margins. and Cf. G. Scholem, מפתח לפירושים על עשר ספירות "KS", x (1933/34), p. 500, no. 9.
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 146.

1r-2r

'מדרש שיר השירי

Overview:
Part I (ff. 1-19)
Locus:
1r-2r
Title:
'מדרש שיר השירי
Supplied title:
Midrash Song of Songs Rabbah,, On charity,, and Extracts from the Zohar.
Uniform title:
Midrash rabbah. Shir ha-shirim and Zohar
Summary:
Jottings and various extracts.
General note:
At the beginning of the manuscript, in various hands, some jottings headed 'מדרש שיר השירי including a few lines from "Midrash Song of Songs Rabbah" vii:1 (f. 1r) and a short piece on charity (צדקה) with extracts from the "Zohar" (f. 2r).
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 146.

20r-325v

[ספר הזוהר] and Parts of the Zohar

Overview:
Part II (ff. 20-325)
Locus:
20r-325v
Supplied title:
[ספר הזוהר] and Parts of the Zohar
Uniform title:
Zohar, Zohar Ḥadash, and Tikkunei Zohar
General note:
Ff. 20r-140r, 163r-177r: Most of "Tikkunei Zohar" with variants from the editions and some parts that were not included in the editions. Ff. 149r-152v: Parts of "Zohar Ḥadash" on pericope "Bereshit" (Margaliot edition ff. 6b-9b) and addenda (edn. ff. 256-262); ff. 156r-164r: extracts from סתרי תורה on pericope "Lekh Lekha" and short extracts from "Va-Yera" and "Va-Yeẓe"; ff. 180r-190v: "Zohar" on "Bereshit" (edn. ff. 29-38); ff. 196v-203v: "Zohar" on "Lekh Lekha" (edn. ff. 89-96); ff. 203v-211r and 213r-214v: "Midrash Ha-Neʿelam" on "Va-Yera" (edn. ff. 97r-107r); ff. 211r-213r and 214r-223r: extracts from "Midrash Ha-Neʿelam" and "Raʿaya Meheimna" on "Ḥayyei Sarah" and "Toledot" (edn. ff. 121a-130a and 134a-140a). The continuation includes mainly extracts from the "Zohar": ff. 224v-229r: "Va-Yishlaḥ" (edn. ff. 165b-173b); ff. 229r-235v: "Va-Yeḥi" (edn. ff. 216a-223a); ff. 235v-239v: "Bo" (edn. ff. 36b-39b); ff. 239v-271r: "Be-Shalaḥ" (edn. ff. 44a-67a); ff. 275r-280v: "Terumah" including an extract from "Sifra De-Ẓeniyuta" (edn. ff. 174a-179a); ff. 280v-306v: "Va-Yakhel" (edn. ff. 194b-219b); ff. 306v-315r: "Shemini" in a different order from the edition (ff. 35b-42b); ff. 315r-319r: "Emor" (edn. ff. 88b-94b) with an extract from "Va-Era" (edn. f. 32) on ff. 319r-320r. On. F. 321r extracts from "Tazriʿa" (edn. ff. 47-50) and on ff. 321v-325v from "Va-Yelekh" (edn. ff. 283a-284a). and With variant readings and additions in the margins.
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 147.