University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 488
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25865
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 488
- Title:
- Cabalistic commentary on the Passover Haggadah / כוונות ופסוקים לסדר ההגדה של פסח
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1650?-1699?
- Language:
- Hebrew, with some words of Aramaic
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 16 leaves : paper ; 177 x 111 (140 x 80) mm bound to 177 x 111 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, 120 (-1, -2, -3, -4); i (modern paper) + 16 + i (modern paper); modern foliation in pencil, 1-16, lower left recto.
Layout: Written in 18-19 unruled lines, with headings in larger scripts with full indents; octavo format.
Script: Written in a Italian cursive script with large headings and full indents. At times, the scribe moves between more and less cursive script (for example, f. 6v-7r).
Binding: Paper wrappers, likely later.
Origin: Written in Italy during the mid to late 17th century, perhaps part of a larger compendium ("ḳovets") of kabbalistic manuscript writing.
Food and likely wine stains, certainly around the Ḳadesh and Shulḥan ʻorekh (f. 2r, 10r-10v).
Ownership inscriptions in Italian in ink, including the names Giuseppe moise (?) and Giuseppe vita monterano (?), late 18th century (f. 16r).
Ownership inscription in pencil: Manoscritto di Mondovi, approximately 1870; likely price inscribed below in heavy black ink: £ 3.19.10, approximately 1920 (inside front cover).
GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9977505012903681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3c24qt9d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
