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Or 10437
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- 032-003389863
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10437
- Title:
- Ḳitsur zemirot Yiśraʾel
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 59 folios (no flyleaves)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10437 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- 1770
- Calendar:
- Hebrew
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10437
Ḳitsur zemirot Yiśraʾel
Contents
Liturgical poems for Sabbath and festivals according to the Sefardi rite.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-59vTitle: קצור זמירות ישראלTitle: Ḳitsur zemirot YiśraʾelTitle in the manuscript: סדר קצור זמירות ישראל כמהנג[!] קהל קדוש ספרדים יצ"ו.
Includes piyutim for the special Sabbaths and for festivals, most of them are from Yiśraʾel Najara's book Zemirot Yiśraʾel.
Among the piyutim is the piyut הגות פלאות עמקו גדלו, which was composed by Mordecai ben Jacob Ẓahalon in the year תמ"ח (in 1687/8), about the fire in the city of Ferrara (Davidson, Otsar ha-Shirah, v. 3, p. 384, ר645.
Ff. 58r-59v: index.
Colophon: נעשה אייר שנת אצמיח לדוד צמח צדקה בעיר פראראPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermarks (e.g. ff. 12, 32, 40).Extent: 59 folios (no flyleaves)Dimensions (leaf): 189 × 138 mm.Dimensions (written): 145 × 110 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Parallel Hebrew foliation in ink by the scribe, starting on f. 2 (= f. א).
Collation
Indeterminable.Catchword on every page.
Condition
Usage stains, water damage, ink stains.
Paper slips glued onto f. 3v.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Written in verse format.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew square script of the 18th century; vocalised.
Binding
Post-1600, decorated paper covers. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '437 קיצור זמירות ישראל'.
History
Origin: 1770 Italy (Ferrara)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 437; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 26 March 1928.
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_10437 (digital images currently unavailable)
Funding of Cataloguing
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