Physical Description:

19 ff., octavo, 190:124 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy not bound.

Detailed Description:   

Hadrat Kodesh, originally titled Adam Sikhli, is a kabbalistic and philosophic treatise. The author, R. Simeon ben Samuel, of French or German birth, lived in the fourteenth century. Simeon added the subtitle, Hadrat Kodesh, because his name, given as שמעון בן שמואל ז"ל יסדו equals  (1012) plus the number of letters in the title (7) equals the phrase הדרת קודש Hadrat Kodesh (1019). The intent of the book, as stated on the title page, is to save souls from destruction. Adam Sikhli, subtitled Hadrat Kodesh, is on the Decalogue, thirteen attributes of God (shelosh esrei middot), thirteen articles of faith, and resurrection, with a commentary by the author. The book, written about 1400, is completed with a poetic kabbalistic entreaty, Or Kadmon, which exhorts God to "[further] rescue us from the cruel decrees [following] the four miracles [performed] for us this year [1400]."
The miracles are enumerated as
     Salvation from a decree of death in the Jubilee year
     Rescue from thousands, all dressed in white
     Deliverance from the murderous brigades of Geislsler
     The abdication of the "Shameful King [Wentzel]," who persecuted us for many years.
 

Hebrew Description:

... [הובא לדפוס] ע"י... מוה' משה יהודה הלוי איש הורוויץ נ"י חתן הרב [יצחק שמשון הורוויץ מייזליש] נ"י וגיסו... מוה' אשר הורוויץ מייזליש בהרב נ"י.