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Title
Miscellany of philosophical works
Additional title: Mishle ha-filosofim
Additional title: Igeret ha-musar ha-kelalit
Additional title: Sefer ha-tapuaḥ
Additional title: Scroll of Antiochus
Additional title: Luaḥ nimuse ha-mitḳadshim ṿeha-meṭaharim
Additional title: Siman mitra
Additional title: Masoret le-ʻEzra ha-Sofer
Additional title: Reʻamin u-reʻashim
Additional title: Sefer refafot
Additional title: Pitron ḥalomot li-yeme ha-yareaḥ
Additional title: Segulot rabot mi-paz yeḳarot
Additional title: Mivḥar ha-peninim
Names
Arkevolty, Shmuel, 1515-1611 (Scribe)
Harizi, Judah ben Solomon, 12th/13th cent. (Translator)
Ibn Gabirol, 11th cent. (Author)
Aristotle (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1547
Library locations
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P (Ms. Heb. 34)
Topics
Manuscripts, Hebrew
Jews -- Italy -- Bologna
Amulets (Judaism)
Genres
Manuscripts, Hebrew
Manuscripts
Physical Description
Extent: [330] p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Manuscript, on paper. Copied by Samuel Archivolti in 1547. Contains: 1. Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefesh by Ibn Gabirol (p. 5-59). 2. Mivḥar ha-peninim by Ibn Gabirol (p. 69-133). 3. Mishle ha-filosofim (p. 138-168). 4. Igeret ha-musar ha-kelalit, ascribed to Aristotle and translated from Arabic by Judah al-Harizi (p. 173-184). 5. Sefer ha-tapuạ̄h ascribed to Aristotle (p. 187-202). 6. Scroll of Antiochus (p. 203-216). 7. Keter Malkhut by Ibn Gabirol (p. 219-238). 8. Luaḥ nimuse ha-mitḳadshim ṿeha-meṭaharim. Regulations of the Ḥevrat Nizharim of Bologna, published from this manuscript by M. Perani and B. Rivlin, Vita Religiosa Ebraica a Bologna nel Cinquecento: Gli Statuti della Confraternita dei Solerti, Firenze, 2000. The last nine pages of the manuscript contain letters and personal records. Interspersed throughout the manuscript, between the major works, are short sections with instructions for various kinds of predictions: Siman mitra, to predict rainfall (p. 51); Masoret le-ʻEzra ha-Sofer, agricultural predictions (p. 63-64); Sefer Reʻamin u-reʻashim (p. 169); A riddle (p. 170); Sefer refafot, predictions based on shadows (p. 170-172); Pitron ḥalomot li-yeme ha-yareaḥ, explanations of dreams based on the lunar calendar (p. 259-261); Segulot rabot mi-paz yeḳarot, medical charms (p. 263-269).
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Hebrew
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-B12042
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16129428
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f47d730-c740-0132-a3f5-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1515: Creator Born
  • 1547: Created
  • 1611: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Miscellany of philosophical works" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1547. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74c73ab0-a5e9-0133-0dd4-00505686a51c

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APA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1547). Miscellany of philosophical works Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74c73ab0-a5e9-0133-0dd4-00505686a51c

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Miscellany of philosophical works