Seder Tikkun ha-Mohel ("Prayers for the circumsicion ceremony")
Description
This codex contains prayers for the circumcision ceremony. The
ceremony, depicted on f. 10r, takes place in a synagogue. The
prophet Elijah, who will come in order to announce the advent of
the Messiah, is considered to be present at the ceremony. An
illustration on f. 18r depicts the blessing over wine. The
decoration is the work of the illustrator Uri Fayvesh ben Isaac
Segal, who was a prominent representative of the so-called
Hamburg-Altona school for the production of 18th-century
illuminated manuscripts, and who, according to current research,
produced at least five more manuscripts in addition to this one.
The title page bears the name of the owner, Joseph ben Samuel, as
well as a not yet identified coat of arms with the Order of the
Elephant, the highest order of the Royal House of Denmark.
Place
Preferred form
Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Original form
Hamburg, Uri Fayvesh ben Isaac Segal
Other form
Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch
