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Title

Meirat Enayim

Authors

• Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre (http://viaf.org/viaf/299004461)

Other related names

• Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/12428346)

Call number

Gaster Hebrew MS 713
(Manchester, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Library, Hebrew Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• Former: Gaster 713

Publisher

University of Manchester Library

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Place

Revere, Italy

Summary

Meirat Enayim by Isaac ben Samuel of Acre. Kabbalistic supercommentary on Nahmanides' Commentary on the Torah copied by a certain Rabbi David in Revere in the Po Valley near Mantua. The title of the work most likely refers to the last words of Psalm 19.9 ("enlightening the eyes"): "The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." Two brief deeds of sale on folio 174b dated 1515 and 1537 and several ownership notes on folio 1a in the manuscript confirm that it was sold multiple times, among which at least once or twice locally in view of references to Revere and (probably) Casalmaggiore. Censor Domenico Ierosolomitano signed the manuscript in 1598. Additions: Folios Flyeaf 1b-Flyleaf 2a: additions in different hands, including pen and ink drawing of the sefirot.

Notes

• Certificate of Issue of a Money Order dated 07 July 1928 payable in Würzburg, Germany; two small paper fragments with texts in Hebrew
   
• Corrections and additions are mostly in a late Byzantine semi-cursive script and darker ink.
   

Extent

Ii+174+vi; 327 x 232 mm

Foliation

Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals every 5 pages at the top outer corner

Collation

1I (ii) + 4VIII (64) + 1VII (78) + 6VIII (174) + 1III (viii)

Support

Paper

Catchwords

Often a Hebrew catchword on side b of the folios; catchword and text do not match up from folios 33 to 34, 46 to 47 and 150 to 151

Binding

Wooden boards originally partly covered with leather attached with nails, now missing; carving and holes for locks now missing; sewn on three slit-double tapes; binding damaged; spine exposed; sewing fragile towards the sides of the text block; some stains

Layout

Single column of 29 lines

Decoration

Folio 107a: Manicula in ink

Script

Sephardi semi-cursive hand

Byzantine semi-cursive script

Colophon

נשלם בריווירי לנבון ונכבד / ר׳ דוד יצ"ו ה׳ יזכהו להגות בו וליוצאי ירכו אמן ואמן ?הסופר לא יוזק עד שיעלה / חמור בסולם שיעקב אבינו חלם אודה לה׳ ש[...] להשלימו כן [...] לעשות / ספרים לאין קץ לעבודתו אמן

Provenance

• Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954; several ownership notes in Hebrew, some of which have been erased; if deciphered correctly, one includes the name of former owner רפאל עזריאל כהן Rafael Azriel Kohen; folio 174b: Two ownership notes in Hebrew; the first one mentions the name of the widow of ?Zachariah of Revere? ביאציוינוטה [...] אלמנת [...] זכרי' איש ריויר' who sold the manuscript of her late husband most likely on Thursday 19 August 1515 to Isaac Lovanso? Israel יצחק לוונשו ישראל; two witnesses sign this deed: גבריאל איש בכ"ר משלם קפמן ז"ל מקסאל ?מאור Gabriel son of Meshullam [...] of Casalmaggiore? and משה יצ"ו בכ"ר מנחם מריוירי זצ"ל Moses son of Menahem of Revere; the second one mentions the name of משה ביטון Moses Biton? who bought the manuscript from a certain Abraham אברהם ?מגאגואראנא on 4 October 1537; this deed was signed by the witness ?ברכיה אהרן [...] Berakhia? Aaron; folio 174b censor's signature: Domenico Hierosolimitano c. 1552-1622 Domenico Ierosolomitano for the year 1598
   

Subjects topical

• Cabala
• Mysticism--Judaism
• Bible--Commentaries
• Naḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270

Keywords

• 15th century
• 16th century
• Commentary
• Jewish
• Italian
• Colophon
• Italy
• Biblical
• Kabbalah

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Table of contents

• 1a — Meirat Enayim
• 174b — Colophon

Decorations

• Flyleaf 1b — Pen and ink drawing
• Flyleaf 2a — Pen and ink drawing of the sefirot
• 59a — Pen and ink drawing
• 78b — Pen and ink drawing
• 80a — Pen and ink drawing
• 91a — Manicule
• 107a — Manicule
• 126a — Pen and ink drawing
• Flyleaf 1b — Pen and ink drawing
• Flyleaf 2a — Pen and ink drawing of the sefirot