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Bidding Information
Lot #    23301
Auction End Date    4/28/2009 11:45:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Ilan ha-Gadol
Title (Hebrew)    אילן הגדול
Author    [Ms. - Kabbalah]
City    [Poland]
Publication Date    19th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   long roll of heavy paper, approx. 1500: 258 mm., light age staining, creased with small tears, lacking at end, ink on paper, beautiful Ashkenazic script.
          
Detailed
Description
   Kabbalistic Ilan ("tree") or diagram of the arrangement and structure of the spiritual universe based on the "Ten Sefirot" and Lurianic cosmogony. The diagrams bear a strong resemblance to the Ilan ha-Gadol ascribed to R. Meir ha-Kohen Poppers (d.1662), final editor of the Lurianic writings, published in Warsaw in 1864 as the Ilan Ha-Gadol.

The scroll was probably written for a wealthy individual who kept it as a protection against evil spirits. Scrolls of this type are rare as there were few scribes capable of producing such a masterpiece. Furthermore, the content was considered too holy to be freely disseminated. The scroll contains volvelles, globes, semi-circles, and connecting paths with mysterious and powerful Kabbalistic words and inscriptions which are secretly placed to exert their beneficent influence.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica