Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9791Great Tree

Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9791Great Tree

Shelfmark:
Ms. Heb. 9791=4, Recto
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Dimensions:
3548 × 227 cm
Material:
parchment
Form:
rotulus
Handwriting:
Ashkenazic
Main Language:
Rabbinic Hebrew
Former Shelfmark:
Tel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.012.012
About the MS:
A Great Tree of the KPZWy type. This ilan was created in Eastern Europe in the late 18th century. The ilan was executed with stylistic precision and features a variety of scripts and decorative elements recalling the ilan of the Chabad Library (Megillah 4902ל). Unlike the latter, however, it includes the components K and Wy.
Type:
Great Tree, Lurianic
Research Literature:
  • J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree = Ha-Ilan ha-Kabali (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022), 221.
NLI Record:
NLI Record