Vat.ebr.218
Manuscript information
- Resource type:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Vat.ebr.
- Shelfmark:
- Vat.ebr.218
- Library:
- Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- Date:
- ca. 1400
- Support:
- Paper
- Height:
- 216
- Width:
- 147
- Extent:
- 171 ff.
Description
- Date:
- ca. 1400
- Collation:
- Senions
- Foliation:
- <2> + 1-90, 90a-90k, 91-159
- Writing:
- Byzantine semi-cursive script (I). Sephardic semi-cursive script (II).
- Watermarks:
- Watermarks similar to Briquet nos. 7672 or 7676 dated 1393 and 1401 respectively (I). Watermarks similar to Briquet no. 2412 dated 1390-1404 and to those of unit no. 1 (II).
- General note:
- Two separate manuscripts bound together: I (ff. <2> + ff. 1-12). II (ff. 13-90, 90a-90k, 91-159).
- Language:
- Hebrew.
- Alphabet:
- Hebrew.
- Origin:
- <Byzantium>
- Provenance:
- Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 108
- History:
- On f. 1b recto a deed of sale of the manuscript, partly erased. The name of the seller is Elijah b. Abraham אני אליאו בר אברהם איך מכרתי זה הספר לר' [אל...] וקבלתי ממנו הפרעון. Between ff. 65 and 66 there is a slip of paper with notes by the "gabbai" of a synagogue, probably in Candia, listing the names of worshippers who were called to read from the Torah or performed other duties in the synagogue in 5236=1475/6. Most of the names are from the Delmedigo and Balbo families.
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. 157-158.
Parts of this manuscript
1r-5r
אבאר קצת ביאור ע"ב אותיות
- Overview:
- Manuscript I (<2> + ff. 1-12)
- Locus:
- 1r-5r
- Title:
- אבאר קצת ביאור ע"ב אותיות
- Supplied title:
- Commentary on the Divine Name of seventy-two letters
- Incipit text:
- והו בגימטריא אגוז אהוה
- General note:
- Composed in the milieu that produced the "Sefer ha-Temunah".
- 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. 157.
5v-10r
הדברים לקטנום מדברי המאור הגדול הרב רבנא מנחם תלמיד מרנא ורבנא רבי אלעזר דוורמישא
- Overview:
- Manuscript I (<2> + ff. 1-12)
- Locus:
- 5v-10r
- Title:
- הדברים לקטנום מדברי המאור הגדול הרב רבנא מנחם תלמיד מרנא ורבנא רבי אלעזר דוורמישא
- Supplied title:
- Commentary on the ten Sefirot
- Incipit text:
- כתי' כי ביה ה' צור עולמים
- Explicit text:
- נשלם פירוש הספירות על דרך הקבלה
- General note:
- Cf. G. Scholem, מפתח לפירושים על עשר ספירות "KS", x (1933/4), p. 504, no. 50.
- 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. 157.
13r-90, 90a-90k, 91-153v
פי' שם הייחוד
- Overview:
- Manuscript II (ff. 13-90, 90a-90k, 91-159)
- Locus:
- 13r-90, 90a-90k, 91-153v
- Title:
- פי' שם הייחוד
- Supplied title:
- [פירוש ספר התמונה] and Commentary on the kabbalistic work Sefer ha-Temunah
- Summary:
- Commentary on Sefer ha-Temunah, followed by a supercommentary on פירוש שם המיוחד.
- Incipit text:
- שמע יש[ראל] הנה בזה הפסוק יתיחד שם המיוחד הן בתיבותיו הן באותיותיו הן בצורות אותיותיו (f. 109r)
- General note:
- On ff. 109r-153v: פי' שם הייחוד a supercommentary on פירוש שם המיוחד (on the Divine Name of seventy-two letters copied in manuscripts and printed editions of "Sefer ha-Temunah") also found in MSS Vat. ebr. 188, 223 and other manuscripts.
- 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), pp. 157-158.