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Mezuzah, between 1800 and 1899.
מזוזה
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript Karp BIII.3p
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Mezuzah.
- Mezuzah--Specimens.
- Tetragrammaton.
- Judaism--Liturgical objects.
- Judaism.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Mezuzahs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 113 x 108 mm
- Place of Publication:
- between 1800 and 1899.
- בין 1800-1899.
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew.
- Summary:
- This is a mezuzah written in an Ashkenazic square script, distinctly safrut (ritual script) without tagin (crowns above select letters). The mezuzah contains text from Deuteronomy (6:4-9, 11:13-20) on the recto and Shaddai with the double-Tetragrammaton in cipher on the verso, following the Ashkenazic custom. Item likely originated in Poland, Ukraine, or Lithuania, during the 19th century.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Karp BIII.3p.
- Contains:
- Bible. Deuteronomy, VI:4-9. Hebrew.
- Bible. Deuteronomy, XI:13-20. Hebrew.
- OCLC:
- 1264230682
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