Lengthy Manuscript Parchment Scroll – Ilan Sefirot – North Africa, 18th/19th Century

Lengthy manuscript parchment scroll – Ilan Sefirot. [North Africa, 18th/19th century].

Particularly lengthy parchment scroll, with illustrations and detailed diagrams of the Sefirot, Partzufim and Hishtalshelut HaOlamot according to the Arizal's kabbalah, alongside commentaries and selections from the writings of the Arizal. Western square script.

The present Ilan corresponds to the content of Ilanot edited by R. Yitzchak son of R. Michael Kopio (Rivmak, active first half of 18th century). Designed with a two-part division, with charts and illustrations to the left and explanatory paragraphs and selections to the right, many signed with R. Yitzchak's initials. For a biography of R. Yitzchak Kopio, see: R. Moshe Hillel, Over LaSofer, R. Yitzchak son of rabbi Michael Kopio, Kehillot Yisrael, Jerusalem 2016; on his Ilanot Sefirot, see there, pp. 39 ff.

A corresponding copying, apparently produced by the same scribe, NLI Ms. 9790=4, formerly Gross Collection – Tel Aviv, no. 028.012.002. See description in Hillel, ibid., p. 40; and Prof. J.H. Chajes (referenced below), pp. 261-264, 296.

Parchment scroll (six sheets sewn together). Length of scroll: approx. 350 cm. Width of scroll: approx. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (several dark stains) and creases.