Azharot.
אזהרות.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century.

Contributor:

Colker, Marvin L., former owner.

אבן גבירל, שלמה.

אבן פקודה, דוד בן אלעזר.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Shavuot--Liturgy--Texts--Liturgical use--Yemen (Republic).

Shavuot.

Yom Kippur--Liturgy--Texts--Liturgical use--Yemen (Republic).

Yom Kippur.

Jews--Yemen (Republic)--17th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Genre:

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina (former call number Colker MS 11); purchased by Colker from Kaniel, Jerusalem, in 1976 (Christie's).

Sold by Christie's London, Online auction 21173 (November 28, 2022) as part of the collection of Marvin L. Colker.

Physical Description:

16 leaves : paper ; 162 x 108 mm bound to 167 x 118 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Yemen], [between 1650 and 1699].

[תימן], [1650-1699].

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of distinct poems in the Shavu'ot liturgy; ibn Gabirol's Azharot begin with שמור לבי מענה (f. 2), in this manuscript with its introduction by David ben Elazar ibn Paḳuda (died circa 1125) of אמון יום זה (f. 1r); in Ibn Gabirol's composition, the Biblical commandments (מצוות עשה) are truncated from the aggregate to a shorter list, and in this custom recited on the first day, while the prohibitions (מצוות לא תעשה), which command most of the poem's contents, are recited on the second day (f. 2v). The manuscript also contains a poem by Ibn Gabirol for Yom Kippur called כתר מלכות (with the opening verses of בתפילתי יסכן גבר; the main poem begins with נפלאים מעשיך (f. 11r)).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from spine, and running captions for the Azharot.

Collation: Paper, 16; iii (modern endpapers) + 1⁸ 2⁸ + iii (modern endpapers); modern foliation in pencil, 1-16, lower left recto.

Script: Written in a Yemenite semicursive script of the 17th century; vocalized in the Babylonian supralinear vocalization (Azharot) and the first side of Keter malkhut vocalized in the Tiberian vocalization (probably later); majuscule titles written in a Spanish-style square script (f. 1r, 11r).

Decoration: Red overlining on majuscules (f. 1r, 2v, 11r).

Binding: Late 20th century faux alligator leather; linen spine; grey thick stock endpapers; white ribbon divider.

Origin: Written in Yemen likely during the second half of the 17th century.

Layout: Written in staggered layouts, mostly of 25 lines (Azharot; strophes and antistrophes (ending in ם) staggered and aligned at either margin; f. 1v-10v); Keter malkhut written in single columns.

Cited as:

Azharot (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 619). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Contains:

Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century. Shemor libi maʻaneh.

Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century. Keter malkhut.

ibn Paḳuda, David ben Elazar. Amon yom zeh.

אבן גבירל, שלמה. שמור לבי מענה.

אבן גבירל, שלמה. כתר מלכות.

אבן פקודה, דוד בן אלעזר. אמון יום זה.

OCLC:

1372585813