Vat.ebr.229
Manuscript information
- Resource type:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Vat.ebr.
- Shelfmark:
- Vat.ebr.229
- Library:
- Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- Date:
- 14th century (ff. 1-3. 285-293). Early 14th century (ff. 4-6. 7). 15th century (ff. 9-284)
- Support:
- Parchment (I-III). Parchment (outer and inner bifolia of each quire) and paper (IV). Paper (inner bifolia of parchment) (V)
- Height:
- 218 (I). 220 (II-IV). 200-210 (V)
- Width:
- 143 (I). 149 (II-IV). 150 (V)
- Extent:
- 293 ff.
Description
- Date:
- 14th century (ff. 1-3. 285-293). early 14th century (ff. 4-6. 7). 15th century (ff. 9-284), 14th century, early 14th century, 15th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301, 1401
- Ending date:
- 1400, 1325, 1500
- Collation:
- Mostly ten-bifolia quires (IV).
- Writing:
- Byzantine semi-cursive script (I. V). Ashkenazic semi-cursive script (II. III). Byzantine semi-cursive scripts (IV).
- Writing - Note:
- Ff. 9-126 were copied by one hand on paper bearing watermarks similar to Briquet no. 2635 dated 1415, and the continuation was completed later by Michael [Balbo] on different paper bearing watermarks similar to Briquet no. 6654 dated 1452-3 or no. 6655 dated 1457-1462. On f. 131r the letters forming the name Michael מכאל are singled out, probably indicating the name of the scribe Michael b. Shabbetai Balbo who copied ff. 127-273 (cf. MS Vat. Ebr. 105).
- General note:
- Five different manuscripts bound together: I (ff. 1-3). II (ff. 4-6). III (f. 7). IV (ff. 9-284). V (ff. 285-293).
- Language:
- Hebrew.
- Alphabet:
- Hebrew.
- Origin:
- <Byzantium> (I. V). <Ashkenaz> (II. III). <Candia (Crete)> (IV).
- Provenance:
- Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 39
- History:
- On f. 273v an entry by the owner Shabbetai b. Michael Kohen [Balbo] recording the sale of the manuscript on 15 Sivan 5249= ט"ו לסיון שנת הרמ"ט מודה אני שבתי כהן באא"א הנ' כמ' מכאל כהן זלה"ה איך מכרתי 1489 הספר הזה [...] וקבלתי ממנו הפרעון משלם ... . The name of the purchaser has been erased but it was most probably Elkanah b. David Capsali who purchased MS Vat. ebr. 257 from Shabbetai Balbo on the same date. The entry is signed by the witness Ishmael b. Ḥayyim Lago ישמעאל בלאמ"א כ"ר חיים לאגו.
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. 165-166.
Parts of this manuscript
1r-3v
[(פירוש התורה לרש"י (קטע על בראשית] and Fragment from Solomon b. Isaac's (Rashi) commentary on the Pentateuch (Genesis i:16-iv:23)
- Date:
- 14th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301
- Ending date:
- 1400
- Overview:
- Part I (ff. 1-3)
- Locus:
- 1r-3v
- Supplied title:
- [(פירוש התורה לרש"י (קטע על בראשית] and Fragment from Solomon b. Isaac's (Rashi) commentary on the Pentateuch (Genesis i:16-iv:23)
- Uniform title:
- Perush Rashi ʿal ha-Torah
- 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. 165.
4r-6v
[(פירוש התורה לרש"י (קטע על בראשית] and Fragment from another manuscript of Solomon b. Isaac's (Rashi) commentary on the Pentateuch (Genesis viii:12-xii:18)
- Date:
- Early 14th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301
- Ending date:
- 1325
- Overview:
- Part II (ff. 4-6)
- Locus:
- 4r-6v
- Supplied title:
- [(פירוש התורה לרש"י (קטע על בראשית] and Fragment from another manuscript of Solomon b. Isaac's (Rashi) commentary on the Pentateuch (Genesis viii:12-xii:18)
- Uniform title:
- Perush Rashi ʿal ha-Torah
- 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. 165.
9r-152r
מאירת עינים ע"ד הקבלה והוא ביאור של הרמב"ן ז"ל על התורה
- Date:
- 15th century
- Beginning date:
- 1401
- Ending date:
- 1500
- Overview:
- Part IV (ff. 9-284)
- Locus:
- 9r-152r
- Title:
- מאירת עינים ע"ד הקבלה והוא ביאור של הרמב"ן ז"ל על התורה
- Supplied title:
- Sefer Meʾirat Enayim
- General note:
- Explanation of the mystical secrets in Moses b. Naḥman's commentary on the Pentateuch., Title added on f. 9r by the owner and copyist of ff. 127-273, Michael Balbo., The text begins on f. 9v., and On f. 128r the scribe left blank space for missing text. A folio or two were missing from the exemplar he was copying.
- 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. 166.
152v-273r
אוצר הכבוד
- Date:
- 15th century
- Beginning date:
- 1401
- Ending date:
- 1500
- Overview:
- Part IV (ff. 9-284)
- Locus:
- 152v-273r
- Title:
- אוצר הכבוד
- Supplied title:
- Oẓar ha-Kavod
- General note:
- Kabbalistic commentary on the legends of the Talmud by Todros b. Joseph Abulafia. On tractates Berakhot, Shabbat, Megillah, Taʿannit, Ḥagigah, Rosh ha-Shanah, Sukkah, Pesaḥim, Eruvin, Yevamot, Sotah, Ketubbot, Gittin, Kiddushin and Ḥullin.
- 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. 166.
285r-293v
[פירוש מס' ברכות לרש"י] and Fragments from the commentary on TB Berakhot
- Date:
- 14th century
- Beginning date:
- 1301
- Ending date:
- 1400
- Overview:
- Part V (ff. 285-293)
- Locus:
- 285r-293v
- Supplied title:
- [פירוש מס' ברכות לרש"י] and Fragments from the commentary on TB Berakhot
- General note:
- Extant only on TB Berakhot 20a-22b (ff. 285r-287v) and 15b-19b (ff. 288r-293v). and According to J. Malchi, פירושי רש"י לברכות שב"ספר הנר" לר' זכריה אגמתי "Alei Sefer", xvii (1996), p. 65, this version is different from the printed editions.
- 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. 166.