University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 497
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS26122
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 497
- Title:
- Maḥzor for Rosh ha-Shanah; rite of Carpentras / מחזור לראש השנה
- Scribe:
- Milhaud, ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de / דמילייאב, עמנואל בן גד
- Place:
- Carpentras?
- Date:
- 1700?-1720?
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 78 leaves : paper ; 137 x 97 (100 x 65) mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, 78; 110(-1,-2) 210 312 (-12) 410 58 64 714 (-14) 814; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-78. Quire 8 signed 8 in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: 16-18 unruled lines; for poetic works, such as pizmonim, zulot, and baḳashot, two columns are used with each refrain written in the center of the column, and the same word in bold script at the beginning of each verse; octavo format.
Script: Written in a Provençal semi-cursive script, all vocalized, with headers written in Sefardic cursive likely in the hand of ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de Milhaud. This scribe was prolific in creation of manuscripts for prayers in the customs of French communities, and he was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Origin: Written in Provence, perhaps in Carpentras, at about 1700-1720, likely in the hand of of ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de Milhaud.
Disbound; wear from page-turning and exposure to the elements on many parts of the manuscript.
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/9977524316003681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3xw4829d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
