University of Pennsylvania, Halper 300

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DS ID:

DS25873

Shelfmark:

Halper 300

Title:

Collected liturgical poems in honor of the bridegroom

Liturgical poems

Place:

Orient

Date:

12th century-13th century?

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

non-consecutive, complete; torn, faded

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v): non-consecutive, complete; torn, faded

Note:

Verse endings denoted by a period; lead word of refrain denoted by a superlinear bar.
Fol. 1. A. Strophes מ-ת of אורך חתן יזרח כירח. . A complete version is found in Oxford Bodleian Heb. f. 58 (Cowely 2853, 9) fols. 45-47, where it follows אורך חתן יאיר, attributed to R. Seʹadyah Gaʾon (Davidson, TMHP 2036א; Sidur Rav Seʹadyah Gaʹon / Israel Davidson [ed]. Yerushalayim : Meḳitse nirdamim, 1963. p. 423-425). These two piyyutim share an identical refrain and scheme (alphabetized...
B. Heading אחר לחתן. The first five strophes of יפהפייה וחמודה כמרגלית וכפתדה (TMHP vol. IV 309י). The same refrain and structure as the preceding. A complete version is annexed to the Oxford fragment mentioned above, the verses form the acrostic signature ינון בירבי צמח צמח בירבי ינון (see Zulay, Sinai XXVIII, 1951, p. 167).
Fol. 2 C. The last 7 four-verse strophes of שמו ינון נגלה לממדבר עולה. A complete version is found in the Oxford fragment, the strophes form the acrostic signature שמריה הכהן.
D. אשתך כגפן פוריה (the refrain הללויה הללויה). Alphabetized strophes of two verses. Monorhymed יה- .
E. Heading אחר. The first lines of the next poem, completely illegible save for the beginning: איתן ואב.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew

Jewish marriage customs and rites

Piyutim

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419823503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3cc0vc0g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania