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Or 10637
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 10637
- Title:
- Maḥzor le-Shalosh Regalim, minhag Tsefon Afriḳah
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 353 folios (ii+353+i)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1600-1799
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
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- Names:
- Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227
Sa'adia ben Joseph, Gaon, 882-942,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95159227 - TEI:
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10637
Maḥzor le-Shalosh Regalim, minhag Tsefon Afriḳah
Contents
Festival prayer book for the Three Pilgrim Festivals, according to the Northern African rite.
Language(s): Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
ff. 1r-353vTitle: מחזור מנהג צפון אפריקה לשלש רגליםTitle: Maḥzor minhag Tsefon Afriḳah le-Shalosh RegalimFrom f. 300v onwards: havdalot.
Ff. 322r-325v: and index of piyuṭim (includes only letters ח-ת).
Ff. 338r-350v: Aśeret ha-Dibrot by Saadia Gaon in Judeo-Arabic (Tafsir Aseret Dibrot by El’azar ben Eli’ezer).
F. 326: Hafṭarah for the first day of Passover.
F. 143v: a list in Arabic which mentions Yosef Ḳozin (יוסף קוזין).
Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th-18th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; tre-lune watermark (e.g. ff. 295-296), unidentified watermark (e.g. f. 215).Extent: 353 folios (ii+353+i)Dimensions (leaf): 197 × 135 mm.Dimensions (written): 155 × 90 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Catchword on every verso.
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, very fragile leaves.
Usage stains.
Collation is detached from binding.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 17
Written lines: 17
Section headings in larger, square script.
Hand(s)
Oriental (Northern African) semi-cursive and square scripts of the 17th-18th century.
Decoration
F. 237v: floral decoration (done with needle) in the outer lower corner.
Additions:Marginal notes on ff. 68v, 69r, 111v, 112r, 299v, 300r.
Binding
Post-1600; red/black marble paper covers, red cloth spine. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '692 פיוטים פזמונים הבדלות'.
History
Origin: 1600-1799 17th-18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscriptions on f. 1r: שלי אני המשכיל הנכון ... יעקב בן דוד מועטי; שלי אני המשכיל הנכון ... יהודה בן דוד מועטי; שלי אני המשכיל הנכון יצחק בן יעקב מועטי.
Ownership inscriptions on f. 68r: שלי אנא הבחר הנחמד דוד שמואל מועטי בן המשכל דוד בן הזקן יהודה מועטי יצ"ו, שמואל מועטי.
Ownership inscriptions by the same Moʿati family on f. 254v.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 692; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 8 October 1929.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.Availability
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