[Yemenite Siddur]
[סדור תימן].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Wanneh, Isaac ben Abraham, active 17th century, associated name, author, compiler, scribe.

ונה, יצחק בן אברהם.

Standardized Title:

Siddur (Yemen)

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Jewish calendar.

Siddur (Yemen)--17th century--Manuscripts--Specimens.

Siddur (Yemen).

Maḥzor (Yemen)--17th century--Manuscripts--Specimens.

Maḥzor (Yemen).

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Yemen (Republic)--Dhamār--17th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Yemen (Republic)--Dhamār--17th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), July 2022.

Physical Description:

112 leaves : paper ; 220 x 160 (172 x 105) mm bound to 222 x 155 mm

Place of Publication:

[Maʽbar? Dhamār? Yemen], [between 1615? and 1640?]

[מעבר? דהמאר? תימן], [1615?-1640?]

Language Note:

Hebrew; some commentary text, calendrical portion, and many instructions in Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

Manuscript of Isaac ben Abraham Wanneh's recension of the Yemeni Tiklal (Siddur and Mahzor), with his additions to the text (his commentary called Ḥidushin (חידושין) noted by biographers); according to Ratsaby, the work on the Yemenite Tiklal, including adding elements of the Palestinian rite, took place between the years 1615 and approximately 1640.

Contents:

1. f.1r-15v: Zemirot, [Shaḥarit], ʻArvit [for weekdays]

2. f.15v-30r: [Sabbath and Rosh ḥodesh liturgy]

3. f.30r-41v: Seder ha-ʻAśiyah [Passover Haggadah with commentary]

4. f.42r-44v: Seder nusaḥ ha-berakhot [treatise on occasional blessings] / Wanneh, Isaac ben Abraham.

5. f.45r-57v: Pirke Avot [Mishnah, Avot, with a seventh chapter extracted from Derekh ereẓ Zuta, I]

6. f.58r-65r: Azharot / Solomon ibn Gabirol

7. f.66r-84v: Hoshʻanot, Asher biglal, Berakhah la-rabim [liturgy for Sukkot, Shemini ʻatseret, and Simhat Torah]

8. f. 84v-85r: ʻInyan Ḥanukah

9. f.85v-104v: Seliḥot

10. f.105r-112v: ʻIbur shanim / Wanneh, Isaac ben Abraham.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 112; i (19th century endpaper) + 1-254 + i (19th century endpaper); modern foliation in pencil, 1-112, lower left rectos.

Layout: Written in columns of 22-23 long lines; calendrical treatise written in 32 long lines.

Origin: Written in Maʽbar or Dhamār, southwestern Yemen, where Isaac ben Abraham Wanneh was active (see Isaac Ratzaby's introduction to Wanneh's Rekhev Elohim, Jerusalem 1992, page 34).

Binding: 19th century blue marbled paper on boards, with brown leather spine (possibly renewed).

Script: Written in Yemenite semicursive and cursive scripts, possibly in the hand of Isaac ben Abraham Wanneh (his note on f. 52v: "ואני הצעיר יצחק מצאתי שני העתקים והוצרכתי להעתיקם ולהועלתם כולם בשני דפין..."), more likely in the hand of an amanuensis (the marginalia is likely Isaac ben Abraham's hand; see his script in his Shaʻar ha-shamayim; KTIV Film no. F 45292); prayer texts vocalized (using the Tiberian vocalization written above letters).

Local Notes:

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

Cited as:

Yemenite Siddur (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 789). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Wanneh, Isaac ben Abraham, active 17th century. ʻIbur shanim.

Wanneh, Isaac ben Abraham, active 17th century. Ḥidushin.

Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century. Azharot.

Seliḥot (Yemen)

Hoshanot (Yemen)

Mishnah. Avot

Talmud. Minor tractates. Derekh ereẓ. Zuta, I.

Shaḥarit (Yemen)

Arvit (Yemen)

Shaḥarit (Sabbath)

Arvit (Sabbath)

Haggadah (Yemen)

Asher biglal.

Berakhah la-rabim.

OCLC:

1535750661