[Kabbalistic Treatise]

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$700

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author

(KABBALAH)

Place

Italy

Publication

18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew. Sephardic cursive Hebrew script on paper. Replete with kabbalistic charts and diagrams

summary

The first part of this treatise (ff. 1-21) is a lexicon of kabbalistic terms. This genre of literature became very popular in kabbalistic circles. Among the most famous of these “lexicons” are those by R. Moses Cordovero (“Sha’ar Erkei ha-Kinuyim,” in Pardes Rimonim); R. Meir Poppers (Me’orei Or) and R. Jacob Zevi Yolles (Kehilath Ya’akov). The second part of the present treatise (ff. 22-23r.) is an excerpt from Sepher Yezirah chapters V and VI. Part Three (ff. 23v.-25r.) is the Secret of the Kaddish, “Sod ha-Kaddish.” There is a reference to Sepher ha-Zohar (“The Book of Splendor”) (f.23v) This manuscript is a twin to the manuscript lot 334

ff. (32). Browned, with corrosion from acidity in ink. Modern vellum. Folio.

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