Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 8=963Great Tree

Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 8=963Great Tree

Shelfmark:
Ms. Heb. 963=8, Recto
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Dimensions:
3800 × 270 cm
Material:
parchment
Form:
rotulus
Handwriting:
Ashkenazic
Main Language:
Rabbinic Hebrew
About the MS:
A Great Tree of the PaZP7 type, produced in Ashkenaz in the late eighteenth century. This specific modular configuration consists of an abridged version of the Poppers (Pa) module—covering emanation up to the head of Arikh Anpin—into which a complete Zacuto-Ẓemaḥ (Z) ilan has been spliced, followed by the continuation of the Poppers module (P7). The manuscript exhibits skillful scribal execution, featuring doubled lines for diagrammatic elements and a combination of Ashurite square script and Ashkenazi semicursive. It contains the "requires further consideration" (ẓarikh ‘iyyun) gloss characteristic of the Poppers family.
Type:
Great Tree, Lurianic
Research Literature:
  • J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 204–205, 390.
NLI Record:
NLI Record