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Harley MS 5583
- Record Id:
- 040-003948069
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003948069
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124336770.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145087706.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5583
- Title:
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Maḥzor
מחזור
and 5 other texts
- Scope & Content:
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Language: Hebrew
A daily prayer book for festivals and fasts according to the Romanian rite.
Fols 1r-313v
Maḥzor.
מחזור
Note: In several respects the rite resembles the French form of liturgy.
Fols 2r-113v
Services for Pesaḥ.
Note: Services for the first day begin on folio 2r (the order of readings for the eight days and an explanation of a mnemonic technique starts on folio 14v, musaf begins on folio 22r); services for the second day - folio 33v, services for the sabbath of ḥol ha-mo῾ed - folio 51r; services for the first night - folio 57v; services for the first day - folio 64v; the evening services of the second day - folio 86r; services for the eigth day - folio 90r.
Fols 113v-179v
Services for Shavu῾ot.
Note: Services for the sabbath of Shavu῾ot - folio 113v; ma῾ariv of the first night of Shavu῾ot - 125v; Services for the first day of Shavu῾ot - folio 128r; ma῾ariv of the second day - folio 147r; services for the second day of Shavu῾ot - folio 148v; the book of Ruth (for the second day) - folio 176v.
Fols 179v-191v
Poetical pieces for the special Sabbaths.
Fols 191v-300r
Services for fasts and other occasions.
Note: Seder ῾asarah be-ṭevet begins on folio 191v; Seliḥot de-tsom Ester - folio 203r; Seder Shabat zekhor - folio 209r; Seder lel Purim - folio 218v; Birkat milah - folio 219v; Seder ḥatan ṿe-kalah - folio 224v; Seder tsom Gedalyah - folio 237r; Seder ta῾anit shiv῾ah ῾asar be-tamuz - folio 247v; Seder tish῾ah be-av - folio 245v (ḳinot - folio 255v; megilat Ekhah - folio 260r, tefilah - folio 269r).
Fols 300v-313v
Ḳinot.
Liturgy
In several respects the rite resembles the French form of liturgy
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-003948069", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5583: Maḥzorמחזורand 5 other texts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-003948069 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5583 : Maḥzorמחזורand 5 other texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7878]/040-003948069
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 313 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145087706.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 1300-1399
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Parchment codex of the 14th century.
313 folios. Dimensions (leaf): 250 x 190 mm. Dimensions (written): 160 x 110 mm.
Format: codex. Material: parchment.
Foliation: 313 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end). Folio 1 is a paper flyleaf.
Collation: Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, partly marked with catchwords at the end.
Condition: Several leaves cancelled (e.g. after folio 203 and 218). Defective at the beginning. A lacuna after folio 178.
Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 24. Written lines: 24. Uniform layout. Visible pricking and hard-point ruling. Hair side and flesh side of the folios distinguishable. Initial words written in larger characters. Catchwords on every verso from folio 179 on, only partly preserved.
Hand note: Hebrew.
Number of hands: 1.
Script: Sefardi square script of the 14th to 15th century, punctuated. Missing parts of the original completed in a Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century (e.g. folios 113-123, 179-190, 274-313). Mosheh (scribe)?: the name Mosheh is marked off in the initial lines on folio 147r.
Binding: Post-1600. Red leather Harleian binding, gold-tooled. Spine: 'Mahzor for Festivals and Fasts Rite of Romania. Brit. Mus. Harley MS. 5583.'
Dimensions [leaf]: 250x190mm
Dimensions [written]: 160x110mm
Parchment codex of the 14th century
Script (summary): Sefardi square script of the 14th to 15th century, punctuated. Missing parts of the original completed in a Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century (e.g. folios 113-123, 179-190, 274-313). Mosheh (scribe)?: the name Mosheh is marked off in the initial lines on folio 147r
Layout: Columns: 1. Ruled lines: 24. Written lines: 24. Uniform layout. Visible pricking and hard-point ruling. Hair side and flesh side of the folios distinguishable.Initial words written in larger characters. Catchwords on every verso from folio 179 on, only partly preserved
Collation: Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, partly marked with catchwords at the end
Foliation: 313 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end). Folio 1 is a paper flyleaf
Binding: Post-1600. Red leather Harleian binding, gold-tooled.Spine: 'Mahzor for Festivals and Fasts Rite of Romania. Brit. Mus. Harley MS. 5583.'
Additions: Yeshaʿyah ben Avraham Kohen (owner) and perhaps the patron of this manuscript: inscribed in a note: folio 125r, 247r and 253v. Mosheh Aboab (owner): inscribed, folio 191r and 253r. Bernard Mould (owner) (b. c. 1683; d. 1744), chaplain at Smyrna: inscribed with his name, Smyrna, 1724 (folio 2r); sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725 (see C. E Wright editor, and Ruth C. Wright editor. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726. London: Bibliographical Society, 1966, C. E. Wright, (Cyril Ernest). Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum / Cyril Ernest Wright. London: British Museum, 1972). An English description of the manuscript by Bernard Mould: stuck to folio 1v.Inscription by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley, 28 Julij A.D. 1725 (folio 2r)
Condition: Several leaves cancelled (e.g. after folio 203 and 218). Defective at the beginning. A lacuna after folio 178
Format: Codex
Material: Parchment
- Custodial History:
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Provenance: Yeshaʿyah ben Avraham Kohen (owner) and perhaps the patron of this manuscript: inscribed in a note: folio 125r, 247r and 253v. Mosheh Aboab (owner): inscribed, folio 191r and 253r. Bernard Mould (owner) (b. c. 1683; d. 1744), chaplain at Smyrna: inscribed with his name, Smyrna, 1724 (folio 2r); sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725 (see C. E Wright editor, and Ruth C. Wright editor. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726. London: Bibliographical Society, 1966, Wright, (Cyril Ernest) C. E. Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum / Cyril Ernest Wright. London: British Museum, 1972). An English description of the manuscript by Bernard Mould: stuck to folio 1v. Inscription by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley, 28 Julij A.D. 1725 (folio 2r).
Place of origin: Ottoman Empire (Anatolia?).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquisition: The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (owner) (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (owner) (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (owner) (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (owner) (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Date: 1753.
Date of origin: 14th century.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (owner) (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (owner) (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (owner) (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (owner) (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. 1753
- Appraisal:
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Condition: Several leaves cancelled (e.g. after folio 203 and 218). Defective at the beginning. A lacuna after folio 178.
- Administrative Context:
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Provenance: Yeshaʿyah ben Avraham Kohen (owner) and perhaps the patron of this manuscript: inscribed in a note: folio 125r, 247r and 253v. Mosheh Aboab (owner): inscribed, folio 191r and 253r. Bernard Mould (owner) (b. c. 1683; d. 1744), chaplain at Smyrna: inscribed with his name, Smyrna, 1724 (folio 2r); sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725 (see C. E Wright editor, and Ruth C. Wright editor. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726. London: Bibliographical Society, 1966, Wright, (Cyril Ernest) C. E. Fontes Harleiani : A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum / Cyril Ernest Wright. London: British Museum, 1972). An English description of the manuscript by Bernard Mould: stuck to folio 1v. Inscription by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley, 28 Julij A.D. 1725 (folio 2r).
Date of origin: 14th century.
Origin: 1300-1399
Ottoman Empire (Anatolia?)
- Finding Aids:
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Record history: Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.
- Publications:
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George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 685.
C. E Wright editor, and Ruth C. Wright editor. 'The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726.'London: Bibliographical Society, 1966.
Wright, (Cyril Ernest) C. E. 'Fontes Harleiani : A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts Preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum / Cyril Ernest Wright.'London: British Museum, 1972.
Source: Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.
Credit: The Polonsky Foundation Catalogue of Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Credit: The Polonsky Foundation Catalogue of Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts.