Shandukh’s First Ilan – National Library of Israel, Ms. Heb. 4°9819

General
Title
Shandukh’s First Ilan
Manuscript name
Shandukh’s First Ilan – National Library of Israel, Ms. Heb. 4°9819
Summary
This Shandukh ilan, which is over ten meters long, opens with a unique, complex sequence of miniature arboreal diagrams that, taken together, are meant to represent Adam Kadmon. Shandukh notes that the “ten complete parẓufim” it contains are each composed of ten sefirot and that this fractal pattern continues infinitely: “each and every sefirah is composed of ten, endlessly."" The continuation of the ilan includes a visualization of the Saruqian World of Nekudot, comprising several diagrams inspired by the opening of Moshe Graf's Va-yakhel Moshe (Moses assembled, Dessau, 1699). Then follows a compact recapitulation of the first part of the ilan before the subsequent stages of emanation are represented.
Layout
Oriental script.
Support material
Parchment
Form
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028629
Identifier
Ms. Heb. 4°9819
Alternative identifier
Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, Ms. 028.012.009
Repository
National Library of Israel
Country
http://ontologi.es/place/IL
Settlement
Jerusalem
Dimensions
Measure
1 יריעה
Width
295.0 mm
Height
10480.0 mm
Creation time
... Translation
... Commentary
... Object