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Or 10787

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Or 10787
Title:
Liturgical poems on important historical events
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
4 folios (ii+4+i)
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10787 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Abraham Isaac Pardo
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Jacob Pardo
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Or 10787

Liturgical poems on important historical events

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew, Italian

ff. 1r-4v
Title: תפלות ופיוטים למאורעות היסטוריים
Title: Tefilot u-fiyuṭim li-meʾoraʿot hisṭoriyim

Ff. 1r-1v: a piyuṭ for "the 20th of the month Tamuz in which the artillery fire on the city stopped [..] and the holy community was able to make preparations for Purim": עשרים לחדש תמוז בו נחה שקטה העיר הזאת מקאנונאטי [=הפגזות תותחים] ... וקבלו הקק"י לעשות ליום פורים

Ff. 1v-2r: פיוט זה יסדתי לשורה בתפלת ערבית בו ביום

F. 2r: prayer Noten Teshuʿah (gives salvation) for Napoleon, with an Italian translation by Abraham Isaac Pardo: אינטאדוטו לינגוה איטאלייאנה ... אברהם יצחק פארדו נר"ו.

F. 4r: blessings of מי שברך for the members of the community who volunteered "to adorn our holy ark", "A hymn I wrote while the new holy ark was built in the synagogue, and the Torah scrolls were put in it", bearing the acrostic signature of Jacob Pardo (אני יעקב פארדו): פזמון שיסדתי בזמן שעשו ארון חדש בבה"כ והניחו בו ס"ת.

Also includes some more piyuṭim written by Jacob Pardo and a piyuṭ by 'חכם הנז (the aforementined sage) bearing the acrostic signature of פארדו (Pardo).

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 4 folios (ii+4+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 141 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Ff. 2v, 3v are blank.

Collation

Condition

Usage stains, dirt, liquid damage, worm damage.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Hand(s)

Italian Hebrew cursive script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600, brown cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: 'תפלות 1093 Prado'

History

Origin: 1800-1899 19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1093; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 4 November 1931.

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_10787 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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