[Mahzor for Rosh ha-Shanah : rite of Carpentras].
[מחזור לראש השנה : מנהג קארפינטרץ].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Milhaud, ʻImanuʼel ben Gad de, scribe.

Moldovan, Joseph, donor.

Moldovan, Susan, donor.

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

דמילייאב, עמנואל בן גד, סופר.

Standardized Title:

Maḥzor (Carpentras)

מחזור מנהג קרפינטרץ. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96039418

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Carpentras (France)--History--Sources.

Carpentras (France).

Mahzorim.

Seliḥot.

Genre:

drawings (visual works)

diagrams

codices (bound manuscripts)

mahzorim

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

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.

Physical Description:

125 leaves : paper ; 220 x 160 (175 x 115) mm bound to 230 x 175 mm

Other Title:

title page : Seder shel Rosh ha-Shanah ke-minhag ḳahal ḳodesh Ḳarpinṭrats / yagen Ha-shem baʻadam amen ... ʻa.y. ha-poʻel bi-milekhet ha-ḳodesh ʻImanuʼel b.r. Gad de-Mileyav t.m.kh. ...

סדר של ראש השנה כמנהג קהל קדש קארפינטרץ / יגן השם בעדם אמן ... ע"י הפועל במלאכת הקדש עמנואל ב"ר גד דמילייאב תמ"ך ...

Place of Publication:

[Carpentras?], 1699-1700.

[קרפינטרס?], ת"ס.

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of Rosh ha-Shanah prayers in the rite of the community of Carpentras (Provence). It begins with piyutim for the eve of Rosh ha-Shanah, and following are the opening prayers for Shaḥarit, after moving to the Shaḥarit portion for the first day of Rosh ha-Shanah; Musaf follows, and it appears as though the scribe does not include the custom for Ḥazarat ha-shats (cantor's repetition of the silent ʹAmidah prayer), when special prayers and customs are often recited; in this manuscript, Musaf is just written followed by the instructions to "go home in peace" ("ṿe-Toḳʹin kan ke-yom rishon ṿe-yomar Musaf ... ṿe-holkhim le-betam le-shalom"; f. 90v). Finally, prayers for the eve (likely recited after midnight) of Tsom Gedaliyah, which falls on the day after Rosh ha-Shanah, follows the Shaḥarit of the second day. The manuscript runs through the prayers without making mention of the specific rites and differences within the Carpentras liturgical custom; of interest are the pizmonim, or recitationals, possibly for the time of the initial blowing of the shofar, although mentioned only for the second day (f. 88v-90r). The volume ends with penitential prayers for the eve of Rosh ha-Shanah, commonly referred to as Seliḥot (f. 92r-122v).

Contents:

1. f. 2r-22r: Zemirot Shaḥarit

2. f. 22r-55v: Shaḥarit le-yom a. shel Rosh ha-Shanah

3. f. 56r-62v: Tefilat Musaf

4. f.63r-68v: Tefilat Minḥah

5. f. 69r-90v: Shaḥarit le-yom sheni shel Rosh ha-Shanah

6. f. 92r-122v: Ashmurah ʹerev ha-tsom.

1. f.2r-22r: זמירות שחרית

2 f. 22r-55v: שחרית ליום א' של ראש השנה

3 f. 56r-62v: תפלת מוסף

4 f. 63r-68v: תפלת מנחה

5 f. 63r-68v: שחרית ליום שני של ראש השנה

6 f. 92r-122v: אשמורה ערב הצום.

Notes:

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 bold. Quarto format.

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: "eM em manuel" with six-pointed stars, more circles and wavy lines.

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 of Shofar blasts three times each, schematically depicted by a straight line, a line broken into three, a jagged line, and a final straight line; tashat g' p' (teḳiʹah shevarim teḳiʹah) in the same scheme; and tarat g' (teḳiʹah teruʹah teḳiʹah) also in the same scheme.

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).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 483.

OCLC:

1089759333

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