Manuscript with approximately [46] leaf remnants, with an early transcription of the renowned Kabbalistic work Ginat Egoz by Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, one of the leading early Kabbalists. Ashkenazic script, 15th century.
The sefer Ginat Egoz is popular among Kabbalists and is considered to this day to be one of the fundamental works of Kabbalistic doctrine. Despite this, the sefer was printed for the first time only in 1515 in the German city of Hanau (with an approbation from the Shla”h HaKadosh), close to 350 years after it was written.
Examination of a sample shows that the manuscript is identical to the version found in the first print, but it has not been examined in-depth, and there may be differences (as in some other manuscripts of this work). Regarding the textual difference, refer to the sefer in Ginat Egoz , Yeshivat Chaim V’Shalom edition (Jerusalem, 1989), in the introduction.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla .
[46] page segments, [3] of which are parchment. Various sizes.
Overall poor-moderate condition. The leaves were removed from bindings. In some of the leaves, the text is totally illegible. Tears and lack in the text.