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Or 8682

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Or 8682
Title:
Maḥzor le-Yamim Noraʿim, minhag Apam
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
120 folios
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Era:
CE
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Or 8682

Maḥzor le-Yamim Noraʿim, minhag Apam

Contents

The Jewish ritual for the Holy Days according to the use of the congregations of Tsarfat (i.e. Piedmont).

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-120v
Title: מחזור מנהג אפ"ם לימים נוראים
Title: Maḥzor minhag Apam le-Yamim Noraʿim

Title on decorated title page (f. 1r): סדר מחזור מימים הנוראים כמנהג קהל קדוש הצרפתים

Apam.= abbreviation of the names of three North-Italian towns: Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo, in Piedmont.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, unidentified watermarks: e.g. f. 35: a quadruped in a shield, f. 65: three birds on an architectural structure.
Extent: 120 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 236 × 197 mm.
Dimensions (written): 200 × 180 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 1v-3r are blank.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Catchword on every page.

Condition

Usage stains.

Iron gall ink corrosion.

F. 14 is mounted.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 20 24

Written lines: 20 24

Uniform layout.

Some marginal and interlinear notes.

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 17th-18th century.

Decoration

F 1r: title page with decorated full border, decorated with floral and geometrical motifs, and inhabited with two birds and two human figures.

Ink decoration at the end of a section on f. 109v.

Additions:

Note in pencil in Italian on back flyleaf (iii)r.

Binding

BM in-house binding.

Title on spine: 'Ritual of Piedmont. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8682'.

History

Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th century Italy?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership inscription on f. 4r: זה היה חלקי בכורלי אני בניה לבית ברוך

Ownership inscription in pencil: 'Chiese domenica strada Carmen ... Sassi 279'.

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (iv)v: ' Bought of Dr L. Belleli. 12 February 1921.' Date of accession 16 February 1921.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_8682 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    G. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1899-1935, 1977, 4 vols), vol. IV, p. 155.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL