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[Dirge for the Ninth of Av] : manuscript

Metadata

DS ID:

DS25811

Shelfmark:

Halper 294

Title:

Dirge for the Ninth of Av

Lamentations

Author:

Kanzi, Yitsḥaḳ

Yitsḥaḳ Kanzi WIKIDATA

Place:

Orient

Date:

11th century-12th century?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

losses; verso is blank, except for three pen excercises, in Arabic characters

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : losses; verso is blank, except for three pen excercises, in Arabic characters

Note:

Strophe endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.
A dirge for the Ninth of Av יפה נוף ונוהו איך צור השמהו ; sporadic vocalization; 11 six-verse strophes that form the acrostic signature יצחק כנזי חזק; verses 1-3 of each strophe rhyme, verses 4-6 rhyme with the refrain הו-.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Texts

Kinot

Judaism--Liturgy

Piyutim

Ninth of Av--Liturgy

Judaism--Liturgy--Texts

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419753503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p34t6fn2n/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania