University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 483
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25719
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 483
- Title:
- Mahzor for Rosh ha-Shanah; rite of Carpentras / מחזור לראש השנה
- Scribe:
- Milhaud, ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de / דמילייאב, עמנואל בן גד
- Place:
- Carpentras?
- Date:
- 1699-1700.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 125 leaves : paper ; 220 x 160 (175 x 115) mm bound to 230 x 175 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title from title page (f.1r).
Collation: Paper, 125; 110 214 310 414 510 6-1012 117 (+7); modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, starting on title page, [1-125 (122-125 blank)].
Layout: 23 lines ruled in hardpoint; for poetic works, such as pizmonim, zulot, and baḳashot, two columns are used with each stanza centered with each refrain written in the center of the column; on some leaves with complex layouts the page is ruled vertically to create a grid for vertical alignment of partial lines (for example, f. 69, 95). The headings of the paragraphs are written in large...
Script: Written in a Provençal semi-cursive script with vowels; headers written in Ashkenazic cursive 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. Also, what appears to be the scribe's pen tests is on the inside of the front board...
Decoration: Title in a floral-architechtural scheme, each corner crowned with an urn; colored with brown ink (f. 1r). Pen tests in the shape of a rose with a stem (f. 75v). A drawing in ink of a rose follows the colophon (f. 122v). Also of interest is a drawn diagram for the blowing of the shofar (f. 54v); tashrat g' p' (teḳiʹah shevarim teruʹah teḳiʹah g' peʹamim), instructing the four types...
Watermarks: Initials PV over horizontal trellis with hanging cluster of grapes (f. 21, 90, 124); bell held by mooring with a cross in the center (f. 125); partial watermark on f. 52-55, 60-62, 68.
Binding: Contemporary green sheepskin on paper boards; corners bumped and peeling. Spine weak, with chords visible. Minimal warping of boards.
Origin: Written likely in Carpentras, certainly in France, by ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de Milhaud in the year 5460 (between 24 September 1699 - September 13, 1700).
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/9977501443403681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3rb6w81c/manifest
- Holding Institution:
