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Or 8884

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Or 8884
Title:
Maḥzor for the Days of Awe and Sukkot, minhag Romah
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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266 folios
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Start Date:
1400
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1499
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Or 8884

Maḥzor for the Days of Awe and Sukkot, minhag Romah

Contents

Festival prayerbook for the Days of Awe and Sukkot, according to the rite of Rome.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-226v
Title: מחזור מנהג רומה לימים נוראים ולסוכות
Title: Maḥzor minhag Romah le-Yamim Noraʾim ule-Sukot

Contains seliḥot.

At its end are two reshuyot by יעקב וחי מאסקולי (Yaʿaḳov of Ascoli): reshut nishmat for Sukkot which begins with יפרוש גואל סוכת שלום (f. 265v), and reshut nishmat for Yom-Kippur which begins with יודו לשמך עליון מורה (f. 266r).

Incomplete at the end breaking off in the service for Sukkot.

ff. 223v-266v
Title: עניין סוכות

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 266 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 278 × 193 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175/180 × 123 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

30 quires: i10 (front flyleaf (ii)+ff. 1-9), ii10 (ff. 10-19), iii10 (ff. 20-29), iv10 (ff. 30-39), v10 (ff. 40-49), vi10 (ff. 50-59), vii10 (ff. 60-69), viii10 (ff. 70-79), ix10 (ff. 80-89), x10 (ff. 90-99), xi10 (ff. 100-109), xii10 (ff. 110-119), xiii10 (ff. 120-129), xiv10 (ff. 130-139), xv8 (ff. 140-147), xvi8 (ff. 148-155), xvii8 (ff. 156-163), xviii8 (ff. 164-171), xix8 (ff. 172-179), xx8 (ff. 180-187), xxi8 (ff. 188-195), xxii8 (ff. 196-203), xxiii8 (ff. 204-211), xxiv8 (ff. 212-219), xxv8 (ff. 220-227), xxvi8 (228-235), xxvii8 (ff. 236-243), xxviii8 (ff. 244-251), xxix8 (ff. 252-259), xxx8-1 (ff. 260-266).

Catchword at the end of quires (quires ii-xii).

Condition

Usage stains, liquid stains, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 22

Written lines: 22

Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.

Ruling and pricking are visible.

Section headings in larger characters.

Some initial words and some sections of the text are in red ink (e.g. ff. 140v, 143r).

Deletions e.g. on ff. 211v.

Hand(s)

Italo-Ashkenazi and Ashkenazi square script of the 15th century; vocalised.

Ff. 1-126r: larger, elongated characters.

Ff. 126v-266v: smaller, more square shaped charaters.

Decoration

Decorated initial words (e.g. f. 1r, 150r).

Additions:

Note in Hebrew on front flyleaf (ii)r.

Binding

Brown leather binding, restored, with new spine. Remains of centrepiece and cornerpieces on both sides.

Title on spine: 'Liturgy for the Holy Days. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8884.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchase note on the upper margin of f. 1r.

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (ii)v: 'Bought of David Fränkel 11 June 1921.'; date of accession 4 July 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

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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

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