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Or 10298
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- Or 10298
- Title:
- Maḥzor for Passover, rite of Corfu
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 43 folios (i+43+xvii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10298 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10298
Maḥzor for Passover, rite of Corfu
Contents
Festival prayer book for Passover, according to the rite of Corfu.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 43 folios (i+43+xvii)Condition
Usage stains, worm damage.
Additions:Binding
Post-1600, printed paper binding.
M. Gaster's label on the spine: '1412 פסח מנהג קורפו'. Boxed.
Accompanying Material
A letter inserted into onto the back pastedown: '4 Heywood Street Cheetham Manchester 10/11/10. Dear Rev+Sir, Many thanks for your letter [...]. And to day I have much pleasure in sending you another book "Pesah" which I hope will be useful for your library. In this book, you will [...] there is in small writing the name of my grandfather "Vita Acco" (my mother's father) who was a Hazan for many yers in Corfu. The writing at the end of the end of [sic!] the book is mine, I was about 14 years of age when I was trying to complete it. I conclude with asking you to accept this book also as a זכרון מזכרת אהבה from your humble servant: Samuel Levy.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf (i)v: 'Il libro di Vita Acco Corfu'; 'ספר חזניות ש" ב" אליהו הלוי' (upside down, probably written by the grandson of Vita Acco).
Samuel Levy gave the MS to Moses Gaster as a gift (see letter attached to the end of the MS).
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1412; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 10 February 1932.
I
Contents
ff. 1r-29vTitle: מחזור מנהג קורפו לפסחTitle: Maḥzor minhag Ḳorfu le-FesaḥPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: tre-lune? (e.g. f. 21).Extent: 29 folios (ff. 1-29)Dimensions (leaf): 151 × 105 mm.Dimensions (written): 112 × 72 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
7 quires: i-iv4, v4+1, vi-vii4.
Catchword on almost every page.
Condition
Usage stains, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 21
Uniform layout.
Section headings in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square and semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Text on f. 29v was added by Samuel Levy, the patron's grandson.
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Greece (Corfu)?Provenance
Owned by Vita Acco, ḥazan in Corfu (see letter at the end of the MS).
II
Contents
ff. 30r-43vTitle: מחזור מנהג קורפו לפסחTitle: Maḥzor minhag Ḳorfu le-FesaḥContains piyuṭim for Passover.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper without laid lines and chain lines; watermark: circle with plants inside and with Greek inscription (e.g. f. 30) in its double border; countermark: Greek inscription (e.g. f. 33).Extent: 14 folios (ff. 30-43)Dimensions (leaf): 143 × 92 mm.Dimensions (written): 130 × 80 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil; continuous with previous part.
Collation
A single quire of 14 leaves.
No catchwords.
Layout
Columns:1
Number of written lines varies.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square script of the 19th century. Written by Samuel Levy (see letter attached to the end of the MS).
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th century Greece (Corfu)?Provenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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