Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 139

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Title

דער פֿרעהליכע חסיד (The cheerful Hasid | Der frehlikhe khosed)
דאס בייזע וואב (The wicked wife | Dos beyze vab)
איך בין צופריעדען (I am content | Ikh bin tsufriden)
משיחס צייטען (Messianic times | Meshiekhs tsayten)
ליעד וויע א טאטי קומט צו זיין קינד (Song on how a father got his child | Lied vie a tati kumt tsu zayn kind)
‫ליעד פֿון איין געבוירענען בלינדען‬ (Song about a man born blind | Lied fun ayn geboyrenen blinden)
דיע פֿארפֿלעקטע משפחה‬ (The tainted family | Die farflekte mishpokhe)
‫ליעד פֿון א שכר‬ (Song of a drunkard | Lied fun a shiker)
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Description

Extent:
9 ff. (i+9+i) Leaf height: 329 mm, width: 100 mm.
Binding:

Bound in modern green cloth. Brown paste-downs.

Acquisition:
Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
Layout:

Long line with between 8 and 48 written lines. Irregular margins.

Collation:

Folios 1 and 9 constitute one bifolium. Folios 2-8 are one senion: folio 8 is formed by 6 folios, uncut on outer edge.

Script:
Ashkenazi cursive script.
Data Source(s):
Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri, Renate Smithuis and Marion Aptroot.
Subject(s):
Poetry; Satire; Songs, Yiddish
Abstract:

Yiddish or Judeo-German songs and poems, some of a satirical nature. The texts are in non-standard Yiddish with German influences, as is, for example, visible in the spelling.

Foliation:

Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals at the top outer corner of side a of each folio.

Format:
Codex
Material:
Paper
Provenance:
Handwritten label on spine reading "139 ליעדער".
Front paste-down: Handwritten in blue crayon "139".
Folio 1a: Handwritten in pencil "139".
folio 9b: Handwritten in black ink "139" and in pencil "9 fols. / M.G."..

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