Author
Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
Publication Date
1880
Subject
Cabala., Jewish astrology., Zodiac.
Type
Document
Language
ara,arc,heb,jrb
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
32 leaves : paper, illustrations, charts ; 35 x 29 cm.
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
1422540280
Record ID
9977686253503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1880
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger. | Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund. | In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, with some names in Aramaic; Arabic (possibly in a later hand; f. 8r). | Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 70 (31 March 2020) item 261.
Sample Text
Folio manuscript of astrological graphs, cabalistic book of remedies, digest of angels and weekly angelic occurrences, and some Sefirotic commentary. Chart and commentary on the Nogah, drawn to be copied for use of relations with women (f. 1r, and additional angelic names (f. 1v); the topic of ל"ב נתיבות החכמה with a Sefirotic circle chart for the days of the week (f. 2r, with material of Samael and Tuesday (f. 3r-v), and tables of gematria (f. 3v, 4v); Zodiacal content follows the commentary on the angelic names)). Additional practical cabala and divination instruction follows sections of astrology (f. 10r), including practices and remedies (for example, "אם תרצה לעשות אהבה כתוב בדם ידך על פתחך שם האשה ..."), and astrological commentary begins again on f. 11v; the manuscript stops after a commentary and illustration of angelic scripts and solar and lunar positions (likely in the angelic perspective). Written in an Oriental square script (large text, words inside charts and diagrams, ciphers and meditation letters) and a Yemenite semicursive script (instruction and descriptive text), all in a scribal hand. Written on commercial lined paper (partially with a printed grid), likely at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century in Yemen (script, Judeo-Arabic text), likely for the composition of a large cabalistic formulary and diagram manuscript (unfinished; text ends on f. 18v).
Atıf Şekli
Astrological tables and digest of angels (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 695). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
Tür
codices (bound manuscripts), Horoscopes.
