Details

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Subjects:

Cabala.
Jewish sermons, Hebrew.
Midrash.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Hebrew.
Manuscripts, European.
Codices.
Sermons.
Essays.
Manuscripts, Digital.

Language:

Hebrew.

Biography/History:

Cabalist who lived in Safed early in the sixteenth century; contemporary of Moses di Trani; student of Isaac Lurya; his name appears in the manuscript (f. 140v, 141v).

Summary:

Collection of sermons and essays on midrash and Cabalah; an index is written on the first leaf of the manuscript.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption.
Foliation: Paper, i + 175 + i (stub of torn end flyleaf); [i-viii,] 1-167; foliation in Hebrew letters in ink, upper left recto.
Paper, yellowish and stained, frayed at the edges.
Layout: Written in 21 lines.
Script: Written very closely in Oriental cursive Hebrew script, in black ink.
Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of David Werner Amram to Dropsie College, 1924.
Fomerly held in the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside right cover).

Contributor:

Amram, David Werner, 1866-1939, former owner.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

OCLC:

957032342