Jewish philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Judaism -- Works to 1900; Philosophy, Medieval -- Early works to 1800
Harl. 7586 B. This codex, much damaged in the beginning and at the end,
contains the version of Ibn Tibbon, with marginal notes, consisting of
words omitted in the text, and other corrections. The version is
followed by the poems Ḳarob meod, etc., and De’i holek, etc.
Harl. 5507 contains the Hebrew version of Ibn Tibbon, with the
translator’s preface and marginal notes, consisting of various readings
and omissions from the text. The work of Maimonides is followed by Ibn
Tibbon’s Vocabulary (millot-zarot), Mesharet-mosheh, ʻArugot
ha-mezimmah, Millot higgayon, Ruaḥ-ḥen, Alfarabi’s Hatḥalot, a
Hebrew-Italian vocabulary of logical terms, and an explanation of
koṭeb. The passage in Part I., chap. lxxi., which refers to
Christianity, has been erased.
Harl. 5525 was the property of Shimshon Kohen Modon. The MS. begins
with Ḥarizi’s Kavvanat ha-peraḳim; then follows the text, with a few
marginal notes of a later hand, mostly adverse criticisms and
references to ʻArama’s ʻAḳedah and the Biblical commentaries of
Abarbanel. There is also a note in Latin. The text is followed by Ibn
Tibbon’s Vocabulary (Millot-zarot) and Masoret ha-pesuḳim (Index to the
Biblical quotations in the Moreh). In a poem, beginning Moreh asher
mennu derakav gabehu, the Moreh is compared to a musical instrument,
which delights when played by one that understands music, but is
spoiled when touched by an ignorant person.
Add. 27068 (Almanzi coll.). At the end the following remark is added:
I, Samuel Ibn Tibbon, finished the translation of this work in the
month of Tebet 4965 (1205). The text is preceded by the well-known
epigrams, De’i holek and Moreh-nebuchim sa shelomi; the last page
contains the epigram Ḳarob meod. There are some notes in the margin,
mostly referring to various readings.
Add. 14763. This codex, written 1273 at Viterbo, contains the preface
of Ḥarizi to his translation of the Moreh and his index of contents,
Ibn Tibbon’s version with a few marginal notes of different hands,
including some remarks of the translator, and the contents of the
chapters. The codex contains besides the following treatises:
Commentary of Maimonides on Abot; Comm. of Maim. on Mishnah Sanhedrin
x. 1; Letter of Maimonides on the Resurrection of the Dead; Vocabulary
of difficult words by Samuel Ibn Tibbon; Maimonides’ Letter to the wise
men of Marseilles; his Letter to Rabbi Jonathan; Keter-malkut,
Mesharet-mosheh, Ruaḥ-ḥen, Otot ha-shamayim, translated from the Arabic
by Samuel Ibn Tibbon; Hatḥalot ha-nimẓaot, of Alfarabi; Sefer
ha-ḥappuaḥ, Mishle ḥamishim ha-talmidim; on the seven zones of the
earth; a fragment of a chronicle from the exile of Babylon down to the
fourth year of the Emperor Nicepheros of Constantinople, and a poem,
which begins asher yishal, and has the following sense:—“If one asks
the old and experienced for advice, you may expect his success in all
he undertakes; but if one consults the young, remember the fate of
Rehoboam, son of Solomon.”
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