General

Title

Great Tree – Jerusalem, National Library of Israel, Ms. Heb. 4° 9789

Manuscript name

Great Tree – Jerusalem, National Library of Israel, Ms. Heb. 4° 9789

Summary

A Great Tree of the VPaZW type. This ilan, an autograph in Isaac Coppio's hand that includes a colophon dating it to the unlikely year 5348/1588, may have been created by Coppio during his stay in Fez. It may also have served as the basis for several later ilanot, and inspired the addition of Vital's circles (V) atop the PaZW-type ilan. This rotulus opens with quotations from Moses Ibn Ẓur's Me'arat sdeh ha-makhpelah and then continues with Great Tree components Z, Pa, and W. At the end of component W, at the bottom of the rotulus, there are three additional, independent diagrams: a sefirotic tree that features holy and angelic names, acrostic sefirotic “circles,” and a hand. These, along with the odd colophon, seem intended to create the impression of antiquity.

Layout

one scribe appears to be responsible for all texts and images

Support material

Parchment

Form

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028629

Identifier

Ms. Heb. 4° 9789

Alternative identifier

GFCT 028.011.004

Repository

National Library of Israel

Country

http://ontologi.es/place/IL

Settlement

Jerusalem

Dimensions

Measure

$$ leaves

Width

32.0 cm

Height

409.0 cm

Creation time