This page describes and illustrates the cover page of the Tikunei haZohar printed in Constantinople in 1719. The Tikunei haZohar (תקוני הזהר, lit. Rectifications or Repairs or Restorations or Adornments of the Zohar), also known as the Tikunim (תקונים), is an appendix to the main text of the Zohar. In seventy commentaries and permutations discoursing on Bereishit (בראשית), "In the beginning" the opening word of the Torah, the Tikunei reveals deep secret teachings of Torah, and reports stirring dialogues and fervent prayers. The explicit theme of the Tikunei haZohar is to praise and support the Shekhinah or Malkhut — hence its name, "Repairs of the Zohar" — and to bring on the Redemption and conclude the Exile. The Tikunei haZohar was printed first in Mantua in Hebrew year 5318 (1558 CE). Later editions include the ones printed in Constantinople in 5479 (1719 CE - shown below) and 5500 (1740 CE). Pages referred to in Tikunei haZohar are usually referenced to the 1740 Constantinople edition. For more on the Tikunei haZohar, see Wikipedia.org/Tikunei_haZohar.
This image courtesy of the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection, George Washington University Libraries.