Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1821a
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- Manchester Digital Collections
- Library
- The John Rylands Library
- Shelfmark
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- Gaster Hebrew MS 1821a
- Biblissima authority file
- Language
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- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Title
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- Maḥzor (מחזור | Prayer book)
- Agent
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- Role
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- מאיר אזולאי הצעיר
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- Preferred form
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- Moses Gaster (1856-1939)
- Role
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- Moses Gaster
- Gaster, Moses 1856-1939
- Biblissima portal
- Biblissima authority file
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- Description
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- Extent:
146 ff. Leaf height: 98 mm, width: 144 mm. Written height: 65 mm, width: 98 mm.
Binding:
Quarter binding with brown leather on spine and boards. Red and off-white thread on endbands. Sewn on two raised cords.
Decoration:
Folio 1a: Pen and ink drawing of a bird.
Folio 2a: Pen and ink doodles.
Folio 3a: Various pen and ink drawings: knot motifs; a decorative letter samech; candelabras (?).
Folio 9a: Small rectangular panel with pen strokes underneath a line of text.
Folio 11a: Many initial letters are decorated with crowns.
Folio 51a: Doodle in the margin.
Folio 58a: Several small ink lines.
Folio 62b: Spiral-shaped ink drawing on top of the page.
Folio 82a: Zigzag line in the left margin.
Acquisition:
Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
Layout:
Long line with 8 written lines
Collation:
Catchwords at the bottom left corner of side b of each folio. Catchword on folio 30b does not match with the next folio.
Script:
Sephardi square script for the headings.Sephardi semi-cursive script.
Data Source(s):
Description based on Alexander Samely's unpublished draft catalogue, description of decorations by Gabrielle Sed-Rajna, revised and expanded by Stefania Silvestri, Renate Smithuis and Nienke Valk.
Subject(s):
Judaism Liturgy Texts; Prayer Judaism; Piyutim
Abstract:
Mahzor containing liturgical poems for New Year (Rosh ha-Shanah), the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Occasional rubrics in Judeo-Arabic. Folios 1-10 and 125-142 are made of different paper from the rest of the manuscript. Folios 4b-7b now contain a few songs (pizmonim), added by a different hand. The manuscript has a horizontal format.
Foliation:
Modern pencil foliation in Arabic numerals at the top outer corner of side a of each folio. One unnumbered folio between folios 6 and 7, two between 10 and 11 and one between 68 and 69. The number 124 has been missed out.
Format:
Codex
Material:
Paper of two types.
Provenance:
Front board: Paper label with number 1821a.
Front paste-down: Number 1821 handwritten in blue crayon.
Folios 1a-4a and 130b-142b: Pen trials and notes in Hebrew.
Folio 1a: Several ownership notes, including Isaac [...], Hayyim Ibn Dunan [...].
Folio 9a: ownership note in Hebrew reading " זה הספר שלי אני מאיר אזולאי הצעיר".
Folio 11a: Handwritten note in pencil reading "N. 26" and number 1821 handwritten in ink.
Folio 132a: Owner's note: Simeon.
Condition:
Spine partly exposed. Sewing fragile and boards detaching from text block. Bookworm holes.
Additions:
Folios 4b-7b: a different hand added in Sephardi semi-cursive script some liturgical poems (פזמונים, רשות לקדיש).Marginal notes, marginal or interlinear additions or corrections on folios 11a, 13a, 24b, 33b-34a, 49b.50a, 54a-b, 58a, 65a, 68a , 73a, 77b, 81b, 82b, 83b, 85b, 92a, 97b-98a, 116b.
Note(s):
The text of the Mahzor is found on folios 11a-125b. Liturgical poems of the type סליחה, פזמון, בקשה, רשות, רהוט, תיקון etc. Sporadic Tiberian vocalisation.
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