University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 496
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- DS ID:
- DS25981
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 496
- Title:
- Piyuṭim leha-shanah / פיוטים להשנה
- Author:
- Levi, Yosef, 18th century / לוי, יוסף, המאה ה-18
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1753
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 22 leaves : paper ; 205 x 155 (162 x 113) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Levi, David, active 19th century / לוי, דוד, המאה ה-19
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, 22; 122; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-22.
Layout: Written in 8 unruled lines; quarto format.
Script: Written in a heavy Italian square script; red ink vocalization in most of the text.
Decoration: Swirls and loops at the end of many lines for the second section (f. 12r-21v); red and black swirls and flowers after the colophon (f. 21v).
Origin: Written in northern Italy (based on the script and the minhag), likely in Casale Monferrato (home of the rabbinic Levi family), by Yosef Levi, and finished on the fifth day of Parashat Haʼazinu 5514 (6 Tishre, or Thursday 4 October 1753, f. 21v.)
Disbound. Written with an extremely acidic ink, and the paper has broken in many places as a result of oxidation.
Formerly owned by David Levi (inscription, approximately 1800, f. 1r).
Presented to The Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joseph and Susan Moldovan (C'76). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9977524331603681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3cz32b6d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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