Bakashot composite manuscript book ; use of Morocco : manuscript.
קובץ של ספרי בקשות, מנהג מרוקו.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Piyutim--Liturgical use--Morocco--19th century.

Piyutim.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Morocco--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Morocco--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), 2022.

Physical Description:

99 leaves : paper ; 15 x 13 cm

Production:

[Morocco], [1800?-1899?]

[מרוקו], [1800?-1899?]

Language Note:

In Hebrew; central portion in Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

Miscellany of bound manuscript fascicles mostly of extraliturgical content, originating in Morocco. The first fascicle is composed of various piyutim in a specific custom, written in a variety of Solitreo scripts, circa late 19th century; the second fascicle is of the Midrash ʻAśeret ha-dibrot (Ten Commandments), in a Judeo-Arabic translation (written on earlier paper, in Moroccan cursive script, with captions in a Moroccan square script (many paragraphs open with "הדרניאל" or "אלכלמא", including a decorated caption on f. 42r), circa 1800); Sabbath piyutim and bakashot (f. 63r-83v), written in Moroccan cursive script, with calligraphic attributions and instructions written with each piyut, circa 1820 (f. 58r-61r) and a Judeo-Arabic setting of the Tasbih (a repetitive glorifying poem to God; this manuscript begins "צובחאן אלאה צובחאן לילאה..."; f. 84v), in a Moroccan cursive script, circa 1850.

Contents:

1. f.1r-16v: [Piyutim]

2. f. 34r-38v: [Midrash ʻAśeret ha-dibrot, translated to Judeo-Arabic]

3. f. 58r-61r: [Liturgical miscellany]

4. f. 63r-83v: [Sabbath bakashot]

5. f. 84v-87r: [Tasbih, and additional poetry]

Notes:

Bound in a 19th century blind-tooled and blind-paneled binding full leather binding; manuscript partially wormed, affecting some folios.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Cited as:

Bakashot composite manuscript book ; use of Morocco (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 730). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Midrash ʻAśeret ha-dibrot. Judeo-Arabic.

יהודי-ערבי: מדרש עשרת הדברות.

OCLC:

1453254963