London, BL MS. Add. 15299
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Details
London, BL MS. Add. 15299
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
Item Nature
Codex
Writing
Parchment
Black (carbon based)
Ruling
There is ruling
Pencil
Grid of single vertical and horizontal lines
38
39
Unsureabout the ruling method
Date
14th Century CE
Place
Ashkenaz (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Ashkenaz
Language
Hebrew
Subject Field
- Kabbala and Mysticism
- Magic and Divination
Sefer Yeṣirah
Vowels and Signs
No vowels or accents
Other
990000741830205171
Abate, Emma, 2024, ‘Hokhmat ha-Nefesh: Soul and Dream, from Eleazar of Worms to Renaissance Italy’, Aschkenas 34/2, pp. 335-353.
Abrams, Daniel and Lily Moskovitz, 1997, ‘כתובי-יד חדשים של ספר הסודות של רבי שם טוב בר שמחה והמקורות שהיו בידו’, אסופות: ספר שנה למדעי היהדות 10, pp. מ"ט-ע'.
Hayman, A. Peter, 1986, ‘Sefer Yetsira (The Book of Creation)’, Shadow: The Newsletter of the Traditional Cosmology Society 3/1, pp. 20-38.
Hayman, A. Peter, 2004, Sefer Yesira: Edition, Translation and Text-Critical Commentary, Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 104, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen.
Kanarfogel, Ephraim, 2000, “Peering Through the Lattices”: Mystical, Magical, and Pietistic Dimensions in the Tosafist Period, Wayne State University Press: Detroit.
Lesses, Rebecca Macy, 1998, Ritual Practices to Gain Power: Angels, Incantations, and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism, Harvard Theological Studies 44, Trinity Press International: Harrisburg, PA.
Margoliouth, George, 1915, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part III, British Museum: London.
Scholem, Gershom, 1963, ‘האם נתגלה עזבון הסודות של אבו אהרן הבבלי?’, תרביץ 32, pp. 252-265.
Scholem, Gershom, 1976, פרקי יסוד בהבנת הקבלה וסמליה, translated by Joseph Ben-Shlomo, מוסד ביאליק: Jerusalem.
Sofer, Gal, 2025, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories, Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity 11, Brill: Leiden-Boston.
Swartz, Michael D., 2005, ‘Understanding Ritual in Jewish Magic: Perspectives from the Genizah and Related Sources’, in Shaul Shaked (ed.), Officina Magica: Essays on the Practice of Magic in Antiquity, IJS Studies in Judaica 4, Brill: Leiden-Boston, pp. 233-253.
Abrams, Daniel and Lily Moskovitz, 1997, ‘כתובי-יד חדשים של ספר הסודות של רבי שם טוב בר שמחה והמקורות שהיו בידו’, אסופות: ספר שנה למדעי היהדות 10, pp. מ"ט-ע'.
Hayman, A. Peter, 1986, ‘Sefer Yetsira (The Book of Creation)’, Shadow: The Newsletter of the Traditional Cosmology Society 3/1, pp. 20-38.
Hayman, A. Peter, 2004, Sefer Yesira: Edition, Translation and Text-Critical Commentary, Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 104, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen.
Kanarfogel, Ephraim, 2000, “Peering Through the Lattices”: Mystical, Magical, and Pietistic Dimensions in the Tosafist Period, Wayne State University Press: Detroit.
Lesses, Rebecca Macy, 1998, Ritual Practices to Gain Power: Angels, Incantations, and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism, Harvard Theological Studies 44, Trinity Press International: Harrisburg, PA.
Margoliouth, George, 1915, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part III, British Museum: London.
Scholem, Gershom, 1963, ‘האם נתגלה עזבון הסודות של אבו אהרן הבבלי?’, תרביץ 32, pp. 252-265.
Scholem, Gershom, 1976, פרקי יסוד בהבנת הקבלה וסמליה, translated by Joseph Ben-Shlomo, מוסד ביאליק: Jerusalem.
Sofer, Gal, 2025, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories, Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity 11, Brill: Leiden-Boston.
Swartz, Michael D., 2005, ‘Understanding Ritual in Jewish Magic: Perspectives from the Genizah and Related Sources’, in Shaul Shaked (ed.), Officina Magica: Essays on the Practice of Magic in Antiquity, IJS Studies in Judaica 4, Brill: Leiden-Boston, pp. 233-253.
Item Images
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: 79r
Graphic Elements
Abbreviation
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Abbreviation - #52774
Divine Symbol
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Divine Symbol - #52729
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Divine Symbol - #52731
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Divine Symbol - #52736
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Divine Symbol - #52730
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Divine Symbol - #52732
Editorial Symbol
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Editorial Symbol - #52735
Justification
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Justification - #52734
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Justification - #52733
Letter
Aleph
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52795
Beth
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52800
Gimel
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52798
Daleth
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52792
He
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52741
Vav
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52744
Zayin
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52746
Ḥeth
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52740
Ṭeth
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52743
Yod
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52769
Kaph
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52791
Kaph: final
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52737
Lamed
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52789
Mem
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52773
Mem: final
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52758
Nun
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52776
Nun: final
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52768
Samekh
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52759
'Ayin
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52787
Pe
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52785
Pe: final
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52767
Ṣade
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52747
Ṣade: final
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52738
Qoph
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52765
Resh
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52739
Shin/Sin
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52771
Tav
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Letter - #52766
Specimens
London, BL MS. Add. 15299: Main text scribe - Square
British Library (London, United Kingdom)