- Shelfmark:
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Ms. Heb. 200.4=4, Recto
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel - Date of Creation:
- 18th-19th century
- Dimensions:
- 334 × 24 cm
- Material:
- parchment
- Form:
- rotulus
- Handwriting:
- Sephardic, Stam
- About the MS:
- This Great Tree serves as the closest extant parallel to the lost ilan of R. Kalonymus Kalman. It is distinguished by its striking anthropomorphic plasticity, particularly in the depiction of the head of Adam Kadmon. Unlike more schematic versions, this manuscript renders facial features with remarkable detail, including nose and ears that feature clearly delineated helices and lobes. These ears emerge from the circle of the head, intersecting with the eyes before curving upward— a visual arrangement that R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin used as a critical editorial model to verify the Lurianic canon for his 1893 Warsaw printed edition.
- Type:
- Great Tree, Lurianic
- Research Literature:
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- J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 329, 390, 402.
- NLI Record:
- NLI Record
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