Astrological tables and digest of angels.
טבלאות אסטרולוגיות וסודות המלאכים.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Language:

Arabic

Aramaic

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Cabala.

Jewish astrology.

Zodiac.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Horoscopes.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 70 (31 March 2020) item 261.

Physical Description:

32 leaves : paper, illustrations, charts ; 35 x 29 cm.

Production:

[Yemen?], [1880?-1920?].

[תימן?], [1880?-1920?].

Language Note:

In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, with some names in Aramaic; Arabic (possibly in a later hand; f. 8r).

Summary:

Folio manuscript of astrological graphs, cabalistic book of remedies, digest of angels and weekly angelic occurrences, and some Sefirotic commentary. Chart and commentary on the Nogah, drawn to be copied for use of relations with women (f. 1r, and additional angelic names (f. 1v); the topic of ל"ב נתיבות החכמה with a Sefirotic circle chart for the days of the week (f. 2r, with material of Samael and Tuesday (f. 3r-v), and tables of gematria (f. 3v, 4v); Zodiacal content follows the commentary on the angelic names)). Additional practical cabala and divination instruction follows sections of astrology (f. 10r), including practices and remedies (for example, "אם תרצה לעשות אהבה כתוב בדם ידך על פתחך שם האשה ..."), and astrological commentary begins again on f. 11v; the manuscript stops after a commentary and illustration of angelic scripts and solar and lunar positions (likely in the angelic perspective). Written in an Oriental square script (large text, words inside charts and diagrams, ciphers and meditation letters) and a Yemenite semicursive script (instruction and descriptive text), all in a scribal hand. Written on commercial lined paper (partially with a printed grid), likely at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century in Yemen (script, Judeo-Arabic text), likely for the composition of a large cabalistic formulary and diagram manuscript (unfinished; text ends on f. 18v).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Cited as:

Astrological tables and digest of angels (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 695). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1422540280