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Yemenite Diwan.
דיוואן תימני.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 732
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.
- Jewish religious poetry, Judeo-Arabic.
- Piyutim.
- Sabbath--Liturgy--Texts.
- Sabbath.
- Pilgrim Festivals (Judaism)--Liturgy--Texts.
- Pilgrim Festivals (Judaism).
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Yemen (Republic)--18th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Yemen (Republic)--18th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.
- Genre:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Hymn texts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), 2022.
- Physical Description:
- 64 leaves : paper ; 17 x 6 cm
- Production:
- [Yemen], [1750?-1799?]
- [תימן], [1750?-1799?]
- Other Title:
- manuscript opening text: Bi-shem raḥaman atḥil li-khetov shirot ṿe-tushbaḥot la-El Elohe ha-ruḥot la-ʻinyan Shabat...
- manuscript opening text: בשם רחמן אתחיל לכתוב שירות ותושבחות לאל אלהי הרוחות לענין שבת...
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew, and some poems in Judeo-Arabic; one poem in Aramaic (f. 9r-10v).
- Summary:
- 18th century Yemenite Diwan, for the cycle of the year, beginning with the Sabbath (f. 1r-10r), departure of the Sabbath (f. 10r-v), and continuing with poetry for the holiday cycle, completing with Simhat Torah and then followed by poetry for a groom (לענין חתנים, f. 53r, and additional epithalamia), and finishing with a poem of God praise (f. 63v). Written in poetic layouts (integrating stanzas and refrains); text written in a Yemenite 18th century semicursive script, and captions and opening words written in a Yemenite square script; musical modes noted with marginal letters. Bound in a contemporary blind-stamped binding; manuscript leaves and binding in a narrow format. Binding, and many leaves extensively wormed and fragile.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
- Cited as:
- Yemenite Diwan (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 732). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1453476212
- Access Restriction:
- Access to this item is subject to staff review.
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