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[Karaite prayer-book with instructions in Judeo-Arabic] : manuscript.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
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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