- Shelfmark:
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Ms. 436, Recto
Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, USA - Date of Creation:
- 1663
- Dimensions:
- 313.69 × 30.48 cm
- Material:
- parchment
- Form:
- rotulus
- About the MS:
- This Great Tree rotulus was copied by David Montpellier in London in 1663. The manuscript features a dating verse from the Torah portion Ekev, which Montpellier used as a double entendre to refer to both the tablets of Moses and the kabbalistic "luhot". The top half of the rotulus presents the Zacuto-Zemah Z module, concluding with an inscription that identifies the ground of Azilut as the footstool of the twelve parzufim. This witness is exceptionally rich in content, continuing with a visualization of the Trees of the Worlds (W) that extends through the end of Assiah. Its lower section is uniquely detailed, featuring a tower representing the seven levels of hell to the right of the central tree of Assiah and a demonic tree to its left. The seven holy palaces, arranged in a horizontal row of arches, anchor the lowermost part of the diagram.
- Type:
- Great Tree, Lurianic
- Research Literature:
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- J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 196–200, 390.
- Hebrew Text:
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- Translation:
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