Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS X893 C73

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18553

Shelfmark:

MS X893 C73

Title:

Keter shem tov / כתר שם טוב

Hebrew texts

Author:

Abraham ben Alexander, of Cologne, active 13th century / אברהם בן אלכסנדר, מקולוניא, active 13th century

Abraham ben Alexander of Cologne WIKIDATA

Place:

S.l.

undetermined TGN

Date:

14--

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Vocalized Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Leaves 53b-60a : parchment ; 23 x 15 cm

Note:

Shelfmark: MS X893 C73
Manuscript written on parchment in Ashkenazic square handwriting.
The work was published in Amsterdam 1809, but our text has many variations that differ from the published version.
This essay was found at the end of Sefer ha-Nefesh ha-ḥakhmah, by Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, published in Basel 1607. The order of the laws in the printed version is different than in our Ms.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Fifteenth century

Commandments (Judaism)

Commentaries

Early works

Judaism--Liturgy

Texts

Tetragrammaton

Sefirot (Cabala)

Cabala

God (Judaism)--Name

Mysticism--Judaism

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7519018

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_11561791_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library