University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 491
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25949
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 491
- Title:
- Maḥzor for Yom Kippur : rite of L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue / מחזור ליום כפור
- Scribe:
- Delpuget, Eliyahu, 17th century / דאלפוגייט, אליהו, המאה ה-17
- Place:
- Provence
- Date:
- 1663.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 257 leaves : paper ; 180 x 125 (145 x 90) mm bound to 185 x 135 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, 257 + i; 1-58 614 7-138 148 (-6, -7) 158 168 (-7) 17-318 326 ; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-257.
Layout: Written in 20-21 unruled long lines with standard Maḥzor layout; for certain piyutim, the layout is in double-columns with skipped lines between stanzas (such as f. 129r-130v); quarto format.
Watermarks: Crown above a cartouche with illegible name above a bell (for example, f. 21, 101, 130)
Script: Written in a Provençal cursive script, with portions vocalized and unvocalized; certain passages are written in Italian square script (for example, the paragraph opening the Kol Nidre service, f. 2r; the colophon, f. 255v).
Binding: Green sheepskin, likely original, with the leather deteriorating; spine head and tail damaged. Evidence of old water damage inside boards.
Origin: Written in the Comtat Venaissin in the Provence region of France, signed on 24 Adar (2) 5423, or Monday April 2, 1663, by "Eliyahu Dalfogeṭ" (f. 255v); Benjamin Richler spells the scribe's name as Delpuget; see Richler, B., Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bibliotheca Palatina in Parma (Jerusalem: Hebrew University, Hamakor, 2001), pg. 291 (no. 1111, Parma 3491).
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/9977510917903681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p33n20m3r/manifest
- Holding Institution:
