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Or 14057/2

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032-003433750
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Or 14057/2
Title:
Shiviti-Menorahs
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
123 leaves
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14057_2 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1982
Date Range:
1800-1982
Era:
CE
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Or 14057/2

Shiviti-Menorahs

Contents

A collection of 123 Shivitis.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-71r
Title: קמיעות: אוסף קמעות ושיויתי שונים
Title: Ḳemeʿot: ʾosef ḳemeʿot ṿe-shiṿiti shonim

In two-volumes. This volume contains 54 shivitis (nos. 72-125). For the first volume, see Or 14057/1.

'The shiviti-menorah' is to remind one of the divine presence and to help concentration during prayer. In Ashkenaz, it is called 'Shiviti', in Sefarad, it is called 'menorah'.

'Shiṿiti' (שויתי) is the first word of Psalm 16:8: 'I have set the Lord always before me'.

The collection contains Shivitis of from various places. They all contain the name of God, Psalms 16:8, and a menorah inscribed with the words of Psalm 67. They can also contains various amuletic formulas, etc.

Some were single leaves, some may have been cut out from prayer books. Some have inscriptions at the back.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 19th-20th century.
Form: leaf
Material: mixed
Support: Parchment and paper
Extent: 123 leaves
Foliation:

Each item is numbered.

In the digital surrogate the folio numbers correspond to the melinex sheets not the individual fragments.

Hand(s)

Hebrew scripts.

Decoration

Many of them are decorated or illustrated, in colours. Some of them are paper cuts, or parchment cuts.

Binding

In melinex sheets, in a large blue postbinder.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1800-1982 19th-20th century (not later than 1982)

Provenance and Acquisition

Allocated by the Office of Arts and Libraries, 8th January 1982.

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_14057_2 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Sassoon, David Solomon, Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London. Compiled by D. S. Sassoon ... With seventy-three facsimiles (London: Oxford University Press, 1932), 450.
    Juhasz, Esther, 'Shiviti-Menorah', in: Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions (London: Routledge, 2015), pp. 491-492

Funding of Cataloguing

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