Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Or 10257

Record Id:
032-003379918
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003379918
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100047985292.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10257
Title:
Maḥzor for the Days of Awe, Romaniote rite
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003379918", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 10257: Maḥzor for the Days of Awe, Romaniote rite" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003379918
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003379918
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
90 folios (90+i)
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10257 (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10257

Maḥzor for the Days of Awe, Romaniote rite

Contents

Festival prayer book for the Days of Awe, according to the Romaniote rite.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-90r
Title: מחזור מנהג רומניא לימים נוראים
Title: Maḥzor minhag Romanya le-Yamim Noraʿim

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermarks.
Extent: 90 folios (90+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 148 × 107 mm.
Dimensions (written): 113 × 75 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe; it skips number עח.

Collation

16 quires: i-iii6, iv4, v-xv6, xvi2.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage, water damage, iron gall ink corrosion.

Most of f. 1 has been torn out, only a small piece remains.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 15

Written lines: 15

Uniform layout.

Ruling is visible.

Running title.

Hand(s)

Sefardi square and semi-cursive script of the 17th-18th century; vocalised.

Binding

Brown leather binding, gold-tooled. With printed paper pastedowns and gild edges.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '1409 ר"ה כיפור - קורפו'.

In the digital surrogate the head, the tail and the fore edge are called back flyleaves (ii)r, (ii)v and (iii)r.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Italy (Acqui Terme)

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 90v: זה הספר נתנו לי מור זקני חיים ב' יהודה אקו השם שיתנהו למנחה אמן - והשם יזכני לכתוב ספרים הרכה עד אין קץ אכ"י - Sig. Vita Acco 1844.

M. Gaster's label on front pastedown: 'Presented to me by Mr. S. Levy of Corfu (Secertary Spa.&Port. Congregation Manchester) 1 Novb 910 M. Gaster'.

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1409; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; 8 February 1932.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10257 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Smelik, Willem F. The Targum of Judges (Leiden: Brill, 1995), p. 160 n193.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL