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Selected Manuscripts from the "Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project"

Vat.ebr.224

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.ebr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.ebr.224
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
Mid-15th century
Beginning date:
1426
Ending date:
1475
Support:
Paper
Height:
210
Width:
142
Extent:
128 ff.
Exhibit Tags:
Kabbalah

Description

Date:
mid-15th century
Beginning date:
1426
Ending date:
1475
Collation:
Quaternions
Writing:
Ashkenazic semi-cursive script
Watermarks:
Watermarks similar to Briquet no. 2446 dated 1443
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Origin:
<Ashkenaz>
Provenance:
Fuggeriana ebr. 112
History:
On f. 63v a note in the margin signed נ"ל אב"י הלוי.

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. 161-162.

Parts of this manuscript

1r-63v

[(פירוש מערכת האלהות (פ"ז] and Commentary on Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut

Locus:
1r-63v
Supplied title:
[(פירוש מערכת האלהות (פ"ז] and Commentary on Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut
General note:
Cf. MS Vat. ebr. 215.
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. 161.

63v-64v

Extracts on Kabbalah

Locus:
63v-64v
Other author:
Mosheh ben Naḥman, c. 1195-c. 1270. Opere spurie e dubbie [internal]
Shemuʾel ben Ḥofni, m. 1013 [internal]
Supplied title:
Extracts on Kabbalah
Uniform title:
Sefer ha-peliʾah‏
General note:
Extracts on Kabbalah. Includes סוד הקדיש the secret of the "kaddish" according to the ten Sefirot, charms, an extract from "Sefer Peliah", שמירת הדרך אשר מצא הרמב"ן ז"ל בעכו בפי' ספר היצירה אשר פירשה ר' שמו' בן חפני ז"ל a charm for safe travel attributed to Moses b. Naḥman who discovered it in Acre in a commentary on "Sefer Yeẓirah" by Samuel b. Ḥofni and charms for “opening the heart” לפתיחת הלב and for one in danger of drowning לטובע בים.
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. 161.

65r-77v

Yitsḥaḳ, 'הפירושי' שאמ' הרב לר' יצחק ור' יצחק כתב אות' כדי שלא ישכח אות

Locus:
65r-77v
Author:
Yitsḥaḳ, allievo di Reuven, ha-Tsarfati, [internal]
Title:
'הפירושי' שאמ' הרב לר' יצחק ור' יצחק כתב אות' כדי שלא ישכח אות
Supplied title:
Commentary on Maʿarekhet ha-Elohut
General note:
Cf. E. Gottlieb, "לזהותו של מחבר הפירוש האנונימי לספר "מערכת האלהות "Meh. karim", pp. 363-364.
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. 161.

78r-87v

Yehudah, מעשה תורה שנאמ' על ידי רבינו הקדוש ז"ל

Locus:
78r-87v
Author:
Yehudah, ha-Nasi, c. 135-c. 220. Opere spurie e dubbie [internal]
Title:
מעשה תורה שנאמ' על ידי רבינו הקדוש ז"ל
Supplied title:
Maʿaseh Torah
Incipit text:
'שלשה פעמי' בכל יום הכרוז יוצא ואומ
General note:
Midrash attributed to Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi presenting lists of ethical sayings arranged by numbers (“three things”, “four things”, etc.). The scribe copied only numbers three to ten.
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. 161-162.

89r-120v

[פירוש ספר יצירה] and Commentary on Sefer Yeẓirah

Locus:
89r-120v
Other author:
‘Ezra, rabbi [internal]
Supplied title:
[פירוש ספר יצירה] and Commentary on Sefer Yeẓirah
Incipit text:
ישתבח ויתפאר ויתעלה שמו של מלך מלכי המלכים
General note:
Mentions R. Ezra קבלת החכם ר' עזרא (f. 96r). and Copied in several 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), p. 162.

121r-128r

[פירוש עשר ספירות] and Commentary on the ten Sefirot

Locus:
121r-128r
Supplied title:
[פירוש עשר ספירות] and Commentary on the ten Sefirot
Incipit text:
כלל גדול אודיעך בענין עשר ספירות
Explicit text:
תם פי' האילן
General note:
Cf. G. Scholem, מפתח לפירושים על עשר ספירות "KS", x (1933/4), p. 504, no. 48.
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. 162.