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Or 10279
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- Or 10279
- Title:
- Tefilot ṿe-ḳinot le-Tishʿah be-Av
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 39 folios (iv+39)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Modern
Hebrew
Italian
Ladino - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1700-1799
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10279
Tefilot ṿe-ḳinot le-Tishʿah be-Av
Contents
Prayers and dirges for the Ninth of Av.
Language(s): Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Ladino
ff. 1r-38vTitle: תפלות וקינות לתשעה באבTitle: Tefilot ṿe-ḳinot le-Tishʿah be-AvIncipit: אומרין כל מגילת איכה בנגון מספד ונוהגיןIncludes: Lamentations v with a commentary according to the Midrash (ff. 1r-4r), rules of the Ninth of Av (ff. 4v-8v); lamentations in Judeo-Greek (ff. 9r-12r), Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)(ff. 12r-13r), and a Judeo-Italian (Apulian dialect) (ff. 13r-15v, vocalised); an interpretation of "lamentation for Hana" (ff. 16r-18v); "lamentation for the son and daughter of Rabbi Yishma’el Kohen Gadol" (ff. 18v-19v); "lamentation for Zekharya" (ff. 19v-21r); "lamentation for the ten martyrs" (ff. 21r-24r); "a Haftarah for the Ninth of Av" (אסף אסיפם) with a homiletic commentary according to the Midrash after each verse (ff. 24v-32r); the story of Miriam who killed her son and ate him to surpress her hunger (ספור מרים שהרג את בנה ואכלתו להפלגת הרעב.
Cf. London, BL, Or 6276.
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines.Extent: 39 folios (iv+39)Dimensions (leaf): 140 × 105 mm.Dimensions (written): 113 × 72/75 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
F. 32v is blank.
Collation
4 quires of 8 leaves. In addition, the front flyleaves constitute a quire of 4 leaves.
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 20
Written lines: 19 20
Ruling is visible.
Hand(s)
Oriental Hebrew semi-cursive and square script of the 18th century; partially vocalised.
Decoration
Additions:Calculations on front flyleaf (i)r.
F. 39v: in pencil: '18 Bombay'.
Binding
Post-1600; cardboard covers. Boxed.
History
Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Greece (Corfu)Provenance and Acquisition
Note about an earthquake on f. 39v: 'Adì ... luglio 1740 note du Luni aore 5 1/2 afato taramoto אל ח די חדש אב ליל ב' שנת התק ערב תשעה באב שעה חמשה וחצי עשה רעש גדול
Ownership inscriptions on front f. 39v: 'Questo libro e di me achi[...] c.m Josef Nacamulli'; 'Pro... la peng David Politi di Abram.
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf (i)v: 'Questo Libro e di me Isach [...] Raffael Mordo'.
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf (ii)v: 'percio capitando lo steso neli mani onorati di qualche sig[no]re si compiaccere consegiarlo al proprio padrone'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 143; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 21 September 1927.
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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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10279 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Corré, Alan D. 'Una elegía judeo-española para el nueve de 'Ab', Sefarad 28 (1968), pp. 399-402.Lelli, Fabrizio, 'L'influenza dell'ebraismo italiano meridionale sul culto e sulle tradizioni linguistico-letterarie delle comunità greche.' Materia giudaica 12 (2006), pp. 201-216, esp. p. 207, n39.Rubin, Aaron D., 'Judeo-Italian', in Handbook of Jewish Languages ed. Aaron D. Rubin and Lily Kahn (Leiden: Brill, 2016), p. 313.Funding of Cataloguing
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