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Or 16087/2

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Or 16087/2
Title:
Maḥzor le-Yom Kipur, minhag Ḳorfu (vol. 2)
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Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
143 folios (i+143+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865
Montefiore, Moses, Baronet
Montefiore, Moses, Baronet
Zunz, Leopold, 1794-1886
Zunz, Leopold, 1794-1886
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Or 16087/2

Maḥzor le-Yom Kipur, minhag Ḳorfu (vol. 2)

Contents

Festival prayer book for the Day of Atonement, according to the rite of Corfu.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-143v
Title: מחזור מנהג קורפו לימים נוראים (חלק ב)
Title: Maḥzor minhag Ḳorfu le-Yamim Noraim (ḥeleḳ 2)

In three volumes; for volumes 1 (Rosh ha-Shanah) and 3 (Three Festivals), see [BL] Or 16087/1 and [BL] Or 16087/3.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, tre-lune watermark (e.g. f. 102) with countermark: 'V.C.' (e.g. f. 143).
Extent: 143 folios (i+143+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 142 × 107 mm.
Dimensions (written): 90 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on almost every page.

Condition

Usage stains, slight liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14 17

Written lines: 14 17

Number of ruled and written lines per page varies.

Ruling in hard point is visible.

Hand(s)

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

Decoration

Decorative panels in ink (e.g. ff. 136v, 137r).

Additions:

Note in Hebrew regarding the content of the manuscript on front flyleaf (i)v.

Binding

Quarter-bound, brown marble paper covers. Boxed.

Old label on spine: 'מנהג קורפו יום הכפורים 445, newer label: 'Montefiore Library MS. 198 Ha No. 445'.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Greece (Corfu)

Provenance and Acquisition

Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865): belonged to his library; see his note in volume 1 on front flyleaf (i)r: מנחת זכרון מזכרת אהבה ויקראת הרוממות מאתי שד"ל לכבוד ידידי החכם המופלא מהריט צונץ בהיותו אצלי בי"ז בתמוז תרכ"ג ואני תפלה יאריך ה' ימיו בטוב ושנותיו בנעימים עם אשתו היקרה והנכבדת והיה שלום אהלם מעתה ועד עולם. Given by Luzzatto to Leopold Zunz in 17 Tamuz 5623 (1863).

Leopold Zunz (1794-1886): belonged to his library; see note on front flyleaf (i)v: 'Ms. Zunz 34' and catalogue entry in Hirschfeld.

Solomon Hayyim Halberstam (1832-1900): bibliophile and scholar: belong to his library (see Ha no. 445 on the spine).

Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885): belonged to his library; see black oval stamp from Ramsgate on ff. 1r and 143v: בק"ק ראמסגט .

Acquired in 2004 from the Montefiore Endowment via Sotheby's.

Record Sources

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

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16087/2 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Hirschfeld, Hartwig, Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library (London 1904), p. 56.
    וירד, נפתלי, התגבשות נוסח התפילה במזרח ובמערב: קובץ מאמרים (ירושלים: מכון בן צבי, 1998), ע' 465 ה'55
    Sotheby's Important Hebrew manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment: New York October 27 & 28, 2004 (New York: Sotheby's, 2004), p. 199, lot 158.

Funding of Cataloguing

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