Bakashot book, use of Aleppo : manuscript.
בקשות, מנהג חלאב.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Goldman, Yosef, former owner.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jewish hymns--Syria--Aleppo--19th century.

Jewish hymns.

Jewish hymns--Texts.

Jewish religious poetry.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Syria--Aleppo--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

codices (bound manuscripts)

Hymns.

Piyutim.

Zemirot.

Hymnals.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased from Mizrahi Bookstore (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 2024; formerly owned by collector Yosef Goldman (Israel Mizrahi).

Physical Description:

39 leaves : paper ; 14 x 10 cm

Production:

[Aleppo?, Syria], [between 1800 and 1850]

Other Title:

text begins : Petiḥah le-ḳol havarat Ratsd

פתיחה לקול הברת ראצד

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

Manuscript Bakashot, or extraliturgical hymns for the Sabbaths and holidays, set to (and organized by) maqām, with indications above Bakashot of style of tune or chant. Text written in an Oriental cursive script; captions and paragraph opening words written in an Oriental square script (captions written larger, and the letters of the caption on f. 10r decorated with flora).

Contents:

1. f.1r-9r: Ratsd

2. f. 10r-12r: ʻArzabar

3. f.13r-16v: Mahor

4. f.17r-22r: Sazgar

5. f.28r-32v: ʻAjam

6. f. 33r-39v: Atsafhaz [and Bayat, with additional Mahor].

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Cited as:

Bakashot book, use of Aleppo (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 798). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1553868862