General

Title

Jerusalem (Israel), National Library of Israel: Ms. Heb. 4=9797

Manuscript name

Great Tree

Summary

This beautifully executed rotulus features a unique, seemingly apologetic subtitle: Dimyon (likeness). This disclaimer is boldly inscribed directly above Keter of Adam Kadmon, where the diagrammatic representation of the Divine begins. The substantial empty area at the bottom of the rotulus was intended to be filled with an inscription to a dedicatee.

Support material

parchment

Hand description

Square

Identifier

Ms. Heb. 4=9797

NLI identifier

997012314165105171

Repository

National Library of Israel

Country

Israel

Settlement

Jerusalem

Research literature

J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 211–214, 229–231, 299–302, 352, 383, 390, 392, 394, 398.

Creation time

Date

19th century