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[Karaite prayer-book with instructions in Judeo-Arabic] : manuscript.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Karaites--Liturgy--Texts.
- Karaites.
- Karaites--Liturgy.
- Karaites--Prayers and devotions--Hebrew.
- Prayer--Early works to 1800.
- Prayer.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Prayers and devotions.
- Penn Provenance:
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Adler.
- Physical Description:
- 2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v): non-consecutive, nearly complete; folio 2 verso is blank
- Parchment 14.4 X 14.4 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: 1 lines: 13-15.
- Contained In:
- Cairo Genizah Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [Orient], [publisher not identified], [11th century-12th century?]
- Language Note:
- Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic. Hebrew
- Notes:
- Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.
- A including the last fol. of a prayer-book, probably Karaite, as all the prayers are comprised of biblical verses and passages. The theme is that of Lamentation and Penitence. Well known Psalms are listed here by their lead word, prefixed by the Judeo-Arabic instruction תקול; fol. 2r is the end of the text; at bottom is a sentence in Arabic characters.
- Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.
- Cited in:
- Halper, no. 227
- IMHM, no. F38399
- OCLC:
- 249589894
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